Jacob Collard
Personal information
Full name Jacob Collard
Date of birth (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995
Place of birth Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
2012–2015 Perth Glory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 FW NTC 1 (0)
2014–2015 Perth Glory NPL 33 (1)
2015–2016 Perth Glory 2 (0)
2016 Olympia 9 (0)
2016 Oakleigh Cannons 8 (0)
2016 Bayswater City 0 (0)
2017–2019 Gosnells City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2016

Jacob Collard is an Australian professional footballer who plays as right back for Oakleigh Cannons FC.

Early life

Collard is an Indigenous Australian.

He was raised in Perth, attending South Thornlie Primary School and Lynwood Senior High School.[1]

Collard has since done amazing work in the community and is regarded as a mentor to youths, especially those from indigenous backgrounds.

Club career

Collard made his competitive debut for Perth as a substitute in a win over Newcastle Jets in the 2015 FFA Cup.[1] He made his A-League debut for the club against Adelaide United on 9 January 2020.[1] In his second A-League appearance, one week later, Collard was sent off in the 63rd minute.[2]

After failing to secure a professional contract with Perth, Collard joined Tasmanian side Olympia on 5 March 2016.[3] Collard left the club in April 2016, to move to Melbourne.[4]

Collard joined National Premier Leagues Victoria side Oakleigh Cannons in May 2016.[5]

Outside football

Before playing for Perth Glory, Collard worked as a plumber.[6]

In 2017, Collard undertook a Western Australia Police cadetship for Indigenous Australians.[7]

In 2018 on June 12th, an incident arose whilst Collard was playing for Gosnells City. Collard was training with the team and practicing shots on goal while warming up and during a particularly long shot on goal, Collards genitalia became exposed from the bottom of his training shorts.

Local photographer Michael Oxlong took several photographs capturing Collards genitals and was later quoted as saying “If it were any longer he would’ve tripped on it”

Oxlong attempted to sell the photos but due to the decline in Collards footballing career he was unable to generate any interest and the images were later leaked online.

Collard was spoken to about the incident the following week and told local reporters that he had forgotten to put on underwear that day and had instead been wearing boxer shorts. Collard stated “My budoo long” in reference to his generously sized appendage.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Collard ready to make next step". Perth Glory FC. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Curro, Francis (26 January 2016). "Dreams of Glory". Perth Now. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Another young gun exits Glory". FourFourTwo. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Olympia FC Warriors Announce Departure of Collard and Gioffre". National Premier Leagues. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "NPL clubs announce new signings". 27 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Collard blazes trail for indigenous kids". Perth Now. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Kate (12 December 2017). "WA Police cadet program boosts indigenous representation on the force". Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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