 John with Riverhounds, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Collins John | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zwedru, Liberia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2002 | DES Nijverdal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Twente | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Twente | 35 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Fulham | 95 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Leicester City (loan) | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Watford (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → N.E.C. (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Roeselare | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Chicago Fire | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Gabala | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Barnet | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Piast Gliwice | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Piast II Gliwice (loan) | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Buitenboys | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 210 | (41) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Netherlands U16 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Netherlands U21 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Netherlands | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Collins John (born 17 October 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Liberia, he represented the Netherlands national team.
John notably played in the Premier League for Fulham where he notched up 23 goals in 111 appearances, in all competitions, in a five-year stay at Craven Cottage. He also played in the English football league for Leicester City, Watford, and Barnet, in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and NEC Nijmegen, in Belgium for K.S.V. Roeselare, the United States for Chicago Fire, Azerbaijan for Gabala FC and in Iran for Mes Sarcheshmeh F.C.