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Andrew Alfred Collett (born 23 October 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Andy Collett

Collett as a coach at Oldham Athletic in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Alfred Collett[1]
Date of birth	(1973-10-23) 23 October 1973 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1992	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	Middlesbrough	2	(0)
1994–1999	Bristol Rovers	107	(0)
1999–2004	Darlington	126	(0)
Total		235	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Collett was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[1] He began his career at Middlesbrough, for whom he made his first-team debut.^{[citation needed]} He then moved south to Bristol Rovers, where he remained for five years before moving on to Darlington.^{[citation needed]} He stayed at Darlington for five years, before his career was cut short because of a shoulder injury.[2] Collett played a vital role in helping Darlington reach the 2000 Third Division play-off final, where they lost to Peterborough United.^{[citation needed]}

Collett was appointed Darlington's goalkeeping coach after he retired as a player in 2004.[2] On 26 May 2009, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of Oldham Athletic.[3] He rejoined Dave Penney and Martin Gray, who were also amongst the coaching staff of Darlington.[3] Collett joined League One club Hartlepool United as goalkeeping coach on 15 December 2011,[4] but left in June 2013 when his contract was not renewed upon the club's relegation.[5] He soon took up the same position at League Two club York City,[6] before he left in May 2015. Collett returned to York City in 2017 as goalkeeper coach, as well as running a successful coaching academy in Teesside[7] It was announced that he had left the club on 4 April 2022. [8]

References

External links

• Andy Collett at Soccerbase

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