Archie Collins
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{for|the American experimenter in wireless telephony|Archie Frederick Collins}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Archie Collins
|image = Archie_Collins.jpg
|image_size =
|caption =
|fullname = Archie Finn Collins{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Exeter City |publisher=English Football League |page=26 |accessdate=19 October 2019}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Taunton, England
|height = {{convert|1.74|m|order=flip}}
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Peterborough United
|clubnumber = 4
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 =
|years1 = 2017–2023
|clubs1 = Exeter City
|caps1 = 191
|goals1 = 10
|years2 = 2017
|clubs2 = → Weston-super-Mare (loan)
|caps2 = 8
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2017–2018
|clubs3 = → Dorchester Town (loan)
|caps3 = 14
|goals3 = 2
|years4 = 2023–
|clubs4 = Peterborough United
|caps4 = 84
|goals4 = 4
|club-update = 12:23, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Archie Finn Collins (born 31 August 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|PeterboU}} club Peterborough United.
Early and personal life
Collins was born in Taunton,{{soccerway|466502|accessdate=12 March 2020}} and grew up in Bridgwater.{{cite web|url=https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/archie-collins|title=Profile|accessdate=30 August 2018|publisher=Exeter City F.C.|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174225/https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/archie-collins|url-status=dead}}
Career
Collins began his career with Exeter City, turning professional in April 2017.
He joined Weston-super-Mare on loan in August 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.westonsmareafc.co.uk/8804-2/|title=LATEST LOAN SIGNING ANNOUNCED AT THE WOODSPRING|date=8 August 2017|accessdate=30 August 2018|author=Alan Collins|publisher=Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.}} making 8 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/archie-collins|title=Profile|accessdate=30 August 2018|publisher=Aylesbury United F.C.}} He joined Dorchester Town on loan in December 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2017/december/archie-collins/|title=Archie Collins joins Dorchester Town on one-month loan deal|date=18 December 2017|accessdate=30 August 2018|publisher=Exeter City F.C.}} which was extended in January 2018,{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/15858044.Magpies__Dorchester_striker_Archie_Collins_extends_deal/|title=Magpies: Dorchester striker Archie Collins extends deal|date=18 January 2018|accessdate=30 August 2018|author=Neil Walton|publisher=Dorset Echo}} and again in February 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/15996435.display/|title=Magpies: Dorchester extend Archie Collins' loan to end of season|date=15 February 2018|accessdate=30 August 2018|author=Neil Walton|publisher=Dorset Echo}} For Dorchester he scored 2 goals in 14 league appearances.
He made his debut for Exeter City on 28 November 2017, in the Football League Cup.
In June 2023, he signed for Peterborough United for a six-figure transfer fee, on a three-year contract.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66048642|title=Peterborough sign Exeter midfielder Collins|website=BBC Sport}}
Playing style
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 18 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Exeter City
|2017–18{{soccerbase season|97831|2017|accessdate=30 August 2018}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{Efn|name=FLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|97831|2018|accessdate=30 August 2018}}
|League Two |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4{{Efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|97831|2019|accessdate=3 March 2021}}
|League Two |36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4One appearance in EFL Trophy and three in League Two play-offs | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|97831|2020|accessdate=3 March 2021}}
|League Two |46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|97831|2021|accessdate=25 September 2021}}
|League Two |38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{Efn|name=FLT}} | 2 | 44 | 2 |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|97831|2022|accessdate=6 November 2022}}
|45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!191 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 221 | 14 |
| Weston-super-Mare (loan)
|8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Dorchester Town (loan)
|14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| rowspan=3|Peterborough United
|2023–24{{soccerbase season|97831|2023|accessdate=28 June 2023}} |League One |44 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7{{Efn|5 appearances in the EFL Trophy, 2 appearances in the play-offs}} | 0 | 57 | 4 |
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|97831|2024|accessdate=17 August 2024}}
|League One |40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!84 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 109 | 5 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!297 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 352 | 22 |
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Honours
Exeter City
- EFL League Two second-place promotion: 2021–22{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61281131 |title=Port Vale end Exeter's League two title hopes |website=BBC Sport |date=7 May 2022 |access-date=5 February 2023}}
Peterborough United
- EFL Trophy: 2023–24,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68755583 |title=Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers |first=Chris |last=Harby |website=BBC Sport |date=7 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024}} 2024–25{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cnv55yzg039t#Line-ups |title=Birmingham City 0–2 Peterborough United |first=Glenn |last=Speller |website=BBC Sport |date=13 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}
References
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{{Peterborough United F.C. squad}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Exeter City F.C. players
Category:Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English Football League players
Category:Footballers from Taunton
Category:Footballers from Somerset
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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