Kalifa McCollin (born 18 July 1995) is a

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player from

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, who plays for the Collingwood Magpies in the Suncorp Super Netball league.

Career

McCollin's netball career commenced from a young age. Born in

to sports-coaching parents, she was selected to play for the under-16 international team at the age of 12, and rose up the international ranks to make her senior debut for the national team in 2015, at the age of 17. She has represented Trinidad and Tobago at the

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and

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s. In club netball, McCollin's ability led to her moving to the

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, where she played for the

Celtic Dragons Celtic Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as r ...

and

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between 2016 and 2019, and became one of the

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's most reliable attackers. In 2020 she moved to

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to play in the ANZ Premiership for the

Southern Steel Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball South in the ANZ Premiership. Netball South is the governing body that re ...

, and in 2021 she was signed by

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team the Collingwood Magpies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCollin, Kalifa Living people 1995 births Trinidad and Tobago netball players Celtic Dragons players Mavericks netball players Netball Superleague players Southern Steel players ANZ Premiership players Collingwood Magpies Netball players Suncorp Super Netball players 2019 Netball World Cup players Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Australia Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in England 2015 Netball World Cup players