Andre Stefan McCollin (born 26 March 1985) is an English footballer who last played for Ware.

Andre McCollin
Personal information
Full name Andre Stefan McCollin[1]
Date of birth (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Lambeth, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Corinthian-Casuals 30 (30)
2007–2008 Fisher Athletic 30 (19)
2008–2010 Yeovil Town 13 (1)
2008Grays Athletic (loan) 3 (0)
2009Dorchester Town (loan) 4 (1)
2010Farnborough (loan) 7 (2)
2010 Farnborough 2 (0)
2010–2011 Croydon Athletic
2011–2012 Tooting & Mitcham United
2012–2014 Kingstonian 108 (59)
2014–2015 Aldershot Town 27 (4)
2015–2016 Cray Wanderers 18 (14)
2016 Kingstonian 19 (12)
2016–2017 Tonbridge Angels 33 (10)
2017 Merstham 7 (2)
2017–2018 Kingstonian 15 (4)
2018 Haringey Borough 7 (3)
2018 Harlow Town 3 (1)
2018–2019 Burgess Hill 18 (2)
2019 Whyteleafe 12 (3)
2019 Three Bridges 11 (2)
2019–2020 Ware 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Career edit

Born in Lambeth, London,[1] McCollin spent one season with Fisher Athletic joining from Corinthian Casuals, where he scored 19 goals in 2006–07. McCollin made his Football League debut coming off the bench for Yeovil Town against Hereford United in August 2008.

McCollin signed for Grays Athletic on loan in November 2008. He made his debut in the 1–1 FA Cup first round draw with Carlisle United on 8 November 2008.

McCollin signed on loan for Dorchester Town in October 2009. He made his debut and in the process scored a goal in the 3–1 loss to Dover Athletic on 31 October 2009.

On 12 February 2010, McCollin joined Farnborough on loan.

He was released along with three other players on 13 May 2010 by Yeovil,[2] and then returned to Farnborough on a non-contract basis before leaving again after only two substitute appearances.

He joined his home-town side Croydon Athletic in August 2010, coming on as substitute on 28 August, in the 65th minute, before being carried off injured after 15 minutes.

As of 20 August 2012, McCollin was playing for Kingstonian. He signed for Aldershot Town in October 2014.[3]

He started the 2015–16 season with Cray Wanderers and made an immediate impact, scoring five goals in his first four games; moving back to Kingstonian mid-season, he continued his rich vein of form, scoring twelve league goals in 19 appearances.[4] He joined Tonbridge Angels for the start of the 2016–17 season, scoring after 25 minutes on his debut against Wingate & Finchley, but suffered a broken fibula ten minutes later. Upon his return in February 2017, he scored a last-minute penalty in a 4–1 win over Grays Athletic.

McCollin joined Merstham in November 2017, making his debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat at Lowestoft Town on 11 November[5] and scoring his first goals in a 2–2 draw with Billericay Town three weeks later.[6] He made seven league appearances in total for Merstham.[7] In December 2017, he returned for a third spell at Kingstonian, where he made fifteen appearances in the Isthmian League Premier Division, scoring four goals,[8] but he departed again in March 2018 for Haringey Borough, where he saw out the 2017-18 season with seven league appearances, scoring in each of his first three games for the club. At the end of the season, Haringey played in the Isthmian League Division One North play-off final; McCollin started the match, playing the first 85 minutes as his team beat Canvey Island 3–1 to earn promotion to the Premier Division.[9]

At the start of the 2018-19 season, McCollin joined Harlow Town, scoring on his debut against Whitehawk on 11 August,[10] but made only two further appearances for the club before moving to Burgess Hill Town, where he made eighteen league appearances, scoring two goals.[11]

On 19 January 2019, McCollin signed with Whyteleafe FC.[12] He moved to Three Bridges for the 2019-20 season,[13] then to Ware in December 2019.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ "Scott Murray goes in Yeovil Town clear-out". BBC Sport. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Shots Make Two New Loan Signings". Non League Bets. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Kingstonian | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Football Web Pages". Football Web Pages.
  6. ^ "Football Web Pages". Football Web Pages.
  7. ^ "Merstham | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2017-2018 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Kingstonian | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2017-2018 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Football Web Pages". Football Web Pages.
  10. ^ "Harlow Town | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2018-2019 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Burgess Hill Town | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2018-2019 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  12. ^ Whyteleafe Secure Two New Signings, theleafe.co.uk, 19 January 2019
  13. ^ "Three Bridges | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Ware | Appearances | Andre McCollin | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.

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