James Steven Collins (born 1 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Luton Town. Collins has notably won promotion from the fourth tier of English football four times so far in his career.
He also played for two periods with West Ham. For other footballers, see For other footballers, see Two appearances in Football League Trophy, one appearance in
Collins as well as for the As a youngster, Collins played in the youth teams of local sides Shaftesbury and Pill before joining In his early years with the club, Collins played as both a defender and a striker with manager Due to fitness problems as well as competition from more experienced players, Collins did not make his West Ham debut until the On 28 January 2008, it was announced that Collins would be out for a year after suffering severe ligament damage in a West Ham reserve game against On 1 August 2012, Collins signed for West Ham United for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.Collins had been training at Aston Villa following his release from West Ham United and impressed manager On 11 January 2019, Collins joined Ipswich Town, signing a contract until the end of the season.Collins played for the Wales under-21 team on several occasions and captained them in a match against Collins made his debut for the senior Wales side against This article is about the Welsh defender.
He is currently a free agent.
He has represented Ireland at under-19 and Collins made his full international debut for Ireland on 10 September 2019, coming off the bench to score the third goal in a 3–1 win against In October 2011, Collins was arrested along with former Aston Villa teammate This article is about the Irish striker. Starting his career at Aston Villa, he did not break through to the first team and has since represented a number of teams in the English Football League and the Scottish Premiership. James Michael Collins (born 23 August 1983) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender. Twice as a runner-up with His good performance led Collins to stay at the club making a permanent move.Prior to the 2010–11 season, Collins joined up with Scottish club On 7 January 2011, Collins signed permanently for League Two club The 2011–12 season started well for Collins when he scored his first league goal in the opening match of the season, Shrewsbury Town drawing 1–1 against On 20 September 2011, he scored against Premier League team In his first full season at Shrewsbury, Collins made 47 appearances, scoring 16 goals in all competitions, and was the club's top scorer as they won promotion to Collins first goals for the club came against Premier League team It was reported on 21 July 2013 that Swindon had accepted a £200,000 bid from Hibernian confirmed that Collins had signed a three-year contract with the club on 29 July 2013.Following Hibernian's relegation, Collins re-signed for former club Shrewsbury Town on 4 June 2014 on a two-year contract with an option for a third year.Surpassing his previous season's goal tally on 8 November, when he scored his seventh goal of the season in all competitions against In January 2016, following a 7–1 defeat to Chesterfield in which he was named captain, Collins was loaned out to After returning from his loan spell, Collins contract at Shrewsbury was cancelled by mutual consent in July 2016.After his release from Shrewsbury, Collins signed a three-year contract with League Two club On 29 June 2017, Collins signed a three-year contract with League Two club His contract was extended by a further year at the end of the Collins scored his first second-tier goal of his career against Collins, who was born and raised in England, is also eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level through his parents.