| Birth date | 31 December 1983 (age 42) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Chesterfield, England |
| Position | Striker |
| Youthclubs 1 | Darley Dale |
| Youthyears 2 | 1995–1998 |
| Youthclubs 2 | Leeds United |
| Youthyears 3 | 1998–2000 |
| Youthclubs 3 | Manchester United |
| Years 1 | 2000–2006 |
| Clubs 1 | Manchester United |
| Caps 1 | 0 |
| Goals 1 | 0 |
| Years 2 | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs 2 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) |
| Caps 2 | 13 |
| Goals 2 | 0 |
| Years 3 | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs 3 | → Cambridge United (loan) |
| Caps 3 | 6 |
| Goals 3 | 0 |
| Years 4 | 2005 |
| Clubs 4 | → Swindon Town (loan) |
| Caps 4 | 11 |
| Goals 4 | 1 |
| Years 5 | 2006 |
| Clubs 5 | Chesterfield |
| Caps 5 | 4 |
| Goals 5 | 0 |
| Years 6 | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs 6 | Macclesfield Town |
| Caps 6 | 25 |
| Goals 6 | 4 |
| Years 7 | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs 7 | Farsley Celtic |
| Caps 7 | 13 |
| Goals 7 | 2 |
| Totalcaps | 72 |
| Totalgoals | 7 |
Colin Heath (born 31 December 1983) is an English former footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder for Cambridge United, Swindon Town, Chesterfield and Macclesfield Town[1] and for Belgian club Royal Antwerp.
Career
Heath was born in Chesterfield, grew up in Birchover, and played for Darley Dale as a boy. He joined Leeds United's youth system as an 11-year-old, and moved to Manchester United at 14.[2] He earned his professional contract at the end of 2000. He joined Royal Antwerp of the Belgian First Division on loan in January 2003; he played 13 league games in the 2003–04 season, but saved his goalscoring for friendly matches.[3] He then joined Football League Two side Cambridge United on a month's loan in late 2004, and made his English first-team debut on 7 December in a 2–1 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United.[4] He spent the first half of the 2005–06 season on loan to Swindon Town, but scored only once, against Yeovil Town in his home league debut, and struggled to maintain a first-team place.[5]
He returned to Manchester United in January 2006 and was released, to join Chesterfield until the end of the season.[2][6] He moved on to Macclesfield Town, linking up with former Manchester United colleague Tommy Lee,[7] but was released by manager Paul Ince after just one season.[8] In September 2007, after an extended trial with Chester City, he signed for Farsley Celtic of the Conference National.[9] Heath struggled to hold down a first-team place due to the form of Damien Reeves.[citation needed] After a handful of appearances, including helping Farsley to reach the last 16 of the FA Trophy for the first time,[10] he left the club.
Although no longer a professional, Heath still plays football in the Northern Counties East League Division 1 for Knaresborough Town.[11] He plays cricket for Heslington CC in York.
References
- ^ "Colin Heath". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ Mitchell, Geoff (3 February 2006). "I Will Put Myself About". Chesterfield F.C. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Colin Heath" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Cambridge vs Scunthorpe". Cambridge United F.C. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Colin Heath". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ Bartram, Steve (1 February 2006). "Heath leaves/Heaton on loan". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Lee backs Heath to be success". Macclesfield Express. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Ince rings changes at Moss Rose". BBC Sport. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ Turner, Neil (13 September 2007). "Accomplished display from Chester reserves". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Farsley Celtic set up a plum home tie". Farsley Today. Johnston Press. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Knaresborough Town urged to keep concentration". Wetherby News. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.