Owen Coll

{{short description|Professional association football player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Owen Coll | image = | caption = | fullname = Owen Oliver Coll<ref>{{Hugman|3799|accessdate=13 March 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Donegal, Ireland | height = | position = Central defender | years1 = 1993–1994 | clubs1 = Enfield | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1995 | clubs3 = → Yeovil Town (loan) | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1996–1998 | clubs4 = AFC Bournemouth | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1998 | clubs5 = Yeovil Town | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1998 | clubs6 = Stevenage Borough | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1998–2002 | clubs7 = Aldershot Town | caps7 = 132 | goals7 = 14 | years8 = 2002–2003 | clubs8 = Grays Athletic | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2003–2004 | clubs9 = Hitchin Town | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2004 | clubs10 = Cheshunt | caps10 = | goals10 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U21 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Owen Oliver Coll''' (born 9 April 1976) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

==Career==

===Club career=== After playing non-League football with Enfield, Coll signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1994.<ref name = "soccerbase">{{soccerbase|1551}}</ref> After two seasons with Tottenham, which included making 3 European appearances and a loan spell at Yeovil Town,<ref name = "shots">{{cite web|url=http://www.playerhistory.com/player/89759/|title=Player profile|accessdate=4 November 2010|publisher=PlayerHistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/statistics/player_profile.asp?PlayerName=Owen%20Coll&SummaryFlag=True| title = Ciderspace.co.uk}}</ref> Coll moved to AFC Bournemouth, where he made a total of 24 appearances in the Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bournemouth/bournemouth.html|title=BOURNEMOUTH : 1946/47 - 2009/10|accessdate=4 November 2010|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> Coll later returned to non-League football, playing for Yeovil Town, Stevenage Borough, Aldershot Town, Grays Athletic, Hitchin Town and Cheshunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=1372|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001022457/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=1372|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 October 2012|title=Player profile|accessdate=4 November 2010|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com}}</ref>

Coll retired from football in the summer of 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theshots.co.uk/NewsPage.ink?nid=33247|title=Owen Coll to return as Guest for Bury match|accessdate=4 November 2010|date=27 October 2010|publisher=Aldershot Town F.C. official website}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===International career=== Coll earned three caps for the Irish under-21 team.<ref name = "shots"/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coll, Owen}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Category:Enfield F.C. players Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Category:AFC Bournemouth players Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players Category:Stevenage F.C. players Category:Aldershot Town F.C. players Category:Grays Athletic F.C. players Category:Hitchin Town F.C. players Category:Cheshunt F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Association footballers from County Donegal