Steve Collis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Collis

| image = Steve Collis.JPG

| caption = Collis training with Rochdale in 2015

| fullname = Stephen Philip Collis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|3|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Harrow, England{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=489|edition=43rd}}

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Oldham Athletic (Goalkeeper Coach)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Watford

| years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = Barnet | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Nottingham Forest | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2001–2006 | clubs3 = Yeovil Town | caps3 = 47 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2002 | clubs4 = → Aldershot Town (loan) | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = → Tiverton Town (loan) | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2006–2008 | clubs6 = Southend United | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2008–2010 | clubs7 = Crewe Alexandra | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2010 | clubs8 = Bristol City | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2010 | clubs9 = → Torquay United (loan) | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2010–2011 | clubs10 = Peterborough United | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2011 | clubs11 = → Northampton Town (loan) | caps11 = 4 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2011–2012 | clubs12 = Macclesfield Town | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2012–2013 | clubs13 = Buxton | caps13 = 6 | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2013–2018 | clubs14 = Rochdale | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0

| totalcaps = 116

| totalgoals = 0

}}

Stephen Philip Collis (born 18 March 1981) is an English former professional footballer who is currently the goalkeeping coach at English League Two club Notts County.

Club career

=Barnet & Nottingham Forest=

Collis began his career in the youth team at Watford before moving to Barnet and then signing for Nottingham Forest in 2000.

=Yeovil Town=

After failing to break into the first team at Nottingham Forest, Collis was invited down by Gary Johnson for a trial match at Yeovil Town and signed the same month on a free transfer. Collis went on to make over forty appearances for the South West outfit. During his stay at Yeovil, Collis spent short loan spells at Tiverton Town and Aldershot Town with failed talks also from Exeter City. Throughout his spell with Yeovil Collis acted as back-up to Chris Weale who was much in favour at the time.

=Southend=

After leaving Yeovil, Collis signed a two-year contract in 2006 to become Southend's first signing ahead of the new season in The Championship, but was released by the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/7409180.stm|title=Five players shown Southend exit|date=19 May 2008|accessdate=20 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport}}

=Crewe Alexandra=

Following his spell at Southend, Collis signed for Crewe Alexandra as a replacement for departing goalkeeper Ben Williams.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/7458342.stm|title=Collis signs two-year Crewe deal|date=1 July 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=1 July 2008}} His first game in goal saw him save a penalty. On 1 January 2010, Crewe agreed to terminate his contract after he had lost his place to on-loan keeper John Ruddy.

=Bristol City=

In January 2010, Collis joined back up with Gary Johnson and signed a short-term deal for Football League Championship side Bristol City to take him to the end of the season.

Collis joined Torquay United on a seven-day emergency loan deal on 6 May 2010, for Torquay's final game of the season against Notts County. Collis was released by Bristol City at the end of the season.

=Peterborough United=

Collis signed a short-term deal with Peterborough United on 6 August 2010. He was then released after his loan move to Northampton Town when Peterborough invested in Exeter City Keeper Paul Jones.

=Macclesfield Town=

He signed for Macclesfield Town on 23 September 2011 on a short-term contract until January 2012 to provide cover for José Veiga.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15020703.stm|title=Goalkeeper Steve Collis signs Macclesfield Town deal|date=23 September 2011|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=23 September 2011}}

=Buxton=

Collis was signed by Buxton{{cite news|url=http://www.non-league-bets.co.uk/keeper-steve-collis-joins-buxton-fc/|title=Keeper Steve Collis Joins Buxton|date=15 August 2012|accessdate=15 August 2012|publisher=Non League Bets}} manager Martin McIntosh at the start of the 2012–13 season after participating in several pre-season matches for the Northern Premier League Premier Division side.

=Rochdale=

On 29 January 2013 Steve Collis signed a short-term deal with Rochdale to take him to the summer.{{cite web |title=Collis joins Rochdale on a two-year deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27476200 |website=BBC Sport}} "Goalkeeper Steve Collis was drafted in on Thursday as a replacement for Ben Smith who has departed the club in a bid to find regular football closer to home. Hill explains more: "It is difficult with the 'keeper situation because you're either in goal or you're on the bench. As a centre half you may be able to play full back or in midfield so you've got alternatives, but it's not very often that a goalkeeper will get replaced. It was an ideal situation to get Steve here as he's got experience."

Career statistics

Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17464|title=Steve Collis | Football Stats | No Club | Age 43 | 1999-2018 | Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/steve-collis/50895/|title=England - S. Collis - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=uk.soccerway.com}}

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
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnet	1999–2000	Division Three	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nottingham Forest	2000–01	Division One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yeovil Town	2001–02	Conference	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
→ Aldershot Town (loan)	2001–02	Isthmian League Premier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Yeovil Town	2002–03	Conference	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
→ Tiverton Town (loan)	2002–03	Southern League Premier	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Yeovil Town	2003–04	Division Three	11	0	0	0	0	0	1Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy	0	12	0
Yeovil Town	2004–05	League Two	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
Yeovil Town	2005–06	League One	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
colspan="3"\|Total !47	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	50	0
Southend United	2006–07	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Southend United	2007–08	League One	20	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	26	0
colspan="3"\|Total !21	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	27	0
Crewe Alexandra	2008–09	League One	18	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	25	0
Crewe Alexandra	2009–10	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
colspan="3"\|Total !19	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	26	0
Bristol City	2009–10	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan="3"\|Total !0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
→ Torquay United (loan)	2009–10	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Peterborough United	2010–11	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
→ Northampton Town (loan)	2010–11	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Macclesfield Town	2011–12	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Buxton	2012–13	NPL Premier Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Rochdale	2012–13	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	2013–14	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	2014–15	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	2015–16	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	2016–17	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	2017–18	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !116	0	6	0	5	0	6	0	133	0

Coaching career

At the end of his playing career he became a player/goalkeeping coach with Rochdale where he spent 5 years before officially hanging up his boots in 2018 upon his departure. Collis then joined former colleague Chris Beech as goalkeeping coach at Carlisle United in August 2020. In July 2021, he made the move to Oldham Athletic, again in the role of goalkeeper coach. Oldham Athletic were relegated from the football league at the end of the 2021–2022 season.https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/19466313.former-carlisle-united-coaches-steve-collis-colin-west-join-keith-curle-oldham-athletic/, Former Carlisle United coaches Steve Collis and Colin West join Keith Curle at Oldham Athletic, News & Star, 24 July 2021

On 5 June 2024, Collis joined Notts County as goalkeeper coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/steve-collis-appointment-050624/|title=Welcome: Steve Collis|website=www.nottscountyfc.co.uk}}