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:''Not to be confused with the Dutch footballer Collins John who also played for Fulham. John Angus Paul Collins (born 31 January 1968) is a Scottish football player and coach, who is the assistant manager of Celtic. He played for Hibernian, Celtic, AS Monaco, Everton and Fulham in a 19-year career. Collins also represented Scotland 58 times, scoring in the opening match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Brazil. He started his coaching career as manager of Hibernian, winning the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final, but resigned later that year. He then had a brief spell as manager of Charleroi in 2009. Collins was appointed director of football at Livingston in February 2012, but resigned a year later. He has also worked in media coverage of football. ==Club career== As a youngster, Collins played both rugby union and football before turning his attention entirely to football. At youth level, Collins played for Hutchison Vale between 1980 and 1984, captaining the side for four years, before signing as a professional with Hibernian. Collins played for six seasons with the club, appearing 195 times and scoring 21 goals. Collins signed for Celtic in 1990, becoming their first million pound player. He generally played on the left side of midfield, scoring 47 goals in 217 appearances. In April 1994, Collins became the first professional footballer using Predator boots to score a goal in a top-level match. He scored the opening goal in a 1–1 draw at Ibrox against Rangers, direct from a free-kick on the edge of the penalty box. During his time at Celtic, he won only one trophy; the 1995 Scottish Cup. Collins moved to AS Monaco in the summer of 1996 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Celtic, under the direction of Fergus McCann, attempted to obtain compensation for the loss of Collins.〔 McCann argued that the Bosman ruling did not apply to this case because AS Monaco are based in the principality of Monaco and are outside of European Union jurisdiction.〔 The compensation claim was not successful. Collins won the French championship in 1997 with Monaco, who then reached the semi-final of the 1998 UEFA Champions League,〔 defeating Manchester United in the quarter-final.〔 Collins moved to Everton in the summer of 1998 for £2 million.〔 He captained Everton before submitting a transfer request in 2000. Collins then joined Fulham, where he linked up with Jean Tigana, who had been his manager at Monaco. Collins helped Fulham gain promotion to the Premier League in 2001. He retired in 2003, having not played regularly during the 2002–03 season. Coventry City offered to sign Collins on loan, but this offer was refused by Fulham because it did not cover his wages fully.〔 In February 2014, Collins registered as a player with Gala Fairydean Rovers, a club who he had been ambassador for. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Collins (footballer, born 1968)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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