Jamilu Collins

Jamilu Collins

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-08-05) August 5, 1994
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height
Position(s)	Defender (left back)
Team information
Current team	Šibenik (on loan from Rijeka)
Number	17
Youth career
–2012	Abuja Football College Academy
2012–2013	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	Rijeka	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ Pomorac (loan)	29	(0)
2014–2015	→ Rijeka II	24	(0)
2015	→ Krka (loan)	13	(0)
2016–	→ Šibenik (loan)	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016

Jamilu Collins is a Nigerian footballer currently playing as a left-back for HNK Šibenik in Croatia, on loan from HNK Rijeka.

Club career

Born in Kaduna, Collins spent his youth years with Abuja Football College Academy. He was one of several players who moved from Abuja to the HNK Rijeka youth team in mid-2012. In October 2012, Collins signed his first professional contract with HNK Rijeka. In August 2013, he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Druga HNL, where he collected 29 caps. In the following season, he played for HNK Rijeka’s reserve side in Croatia’s Treća HNL, where he was capped on 24 occasions. In May 2015, he signed a new one-year contract with the club, with an option to extend it for an additional year. In June 2015, Rijeka sent Collins on loan to NK Krka in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, where he made 13 appearances before returning to Rijeka in January 2016. The following month, Collins was loaned to HNK Šibenik in Druga HNL until June 2016.

External links

• Jamilu Collins at Soccerway