Dakota Collins

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dakota Collins

| image = Dakota Collins.jpeg

| caption = Collins with Sacramento Republic

| full_name = Dakota J. Collins

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|15}}

| birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Orange County FC

| clubnumber = 11

| collegeyears1 = 2009–2010

| college1 = UCLA Bruins

| collegeyears2 = 2011–2012

| college2 = Cal Poly Mustangs

| years1 = 2009

| clubs1 = Orange County Blue Star

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = Des Moines Menace

| caps2 = 3

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = FC Tucson

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2014

| clubs4 = Sacramento Republic

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2015–2017

| clubs5 = NK HAŠK

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2018–

| clubs6 = Orange County FC

| caps6 = 24

| goals6 = 17

| club-update = 13 May 2019

}}

Dakota J. Collins (born August 15, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Orange County FC in the National Premier Soccer League.

Career

Collins was born in Santa Barbara, California. He played four years of college soccer, two years with UCLA Bruins and a further two with the Cal Poly Mustangs.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopoly.com/sports/msoc/2011-12/bios/collins_dakota_1sdu|title=Cal Poly|publisher=|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-date=2018-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203230640/https://www.gopoly.com/sports/msoc/2011-12/bios/collins_dakota_1sdu|url-status=dead}} During his time in college, he also spent the 2009 season with Orange County Blue Star and the 2012 season with Des Moines Menace in the USL PDL.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22364.html#STATS |title=Stats |accessdate=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011838/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22364.html |archivedate=2014-04-19 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22322.html#STATS |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419195311/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22322.html#STATS |archive-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead }}

After graduating, Collins spent 2013 with USL PDL club FC Tucson, where he scored 3 goals in 13 appearances.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/42834737.html#STATS |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419104841/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/42834737.html#STATS |archive-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead }}

Collins signed his first professional contract in March 2014, joining USL Pro club Sacramento Republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/players/dakota-collins/#.U1HDovldVik|title=Dakota Collins - Sacramento Republic FC|publisher=|access-date=2014-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419100937/http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/players/dakota-collins/#.U1HDovldVik|archive-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead}}

At the beginning of 2015, he moved to Croatia, joining third-tier NK HAŠK from Zagreb.