Stephen Philip Collis (born 18 March 1981 in

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) is an English former professional

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who is currently the goalkeeping coach at English

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club

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Club career

Barnet & Nottingham Forest

Collis began his career in the youth team at

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before moving to Barnet and then signing for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

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 Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

with failed talks also from

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

. 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.

Crewe Alexandra

Following his spell at Southend, Collis signed for

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as a replacement for departing

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Ben Williams. 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

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Bristol City

In January 2010, Collis joined back up with Gary Johnson and signed a short-term deal for

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side

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to take him to the end of the season. Collis joined

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

on a seven-day emergency loan deal on 6 May 2010, for Torquay's final game of the season against

. Collis was released by Bristol City at the end of the season.

Peterborough United

Collis signed a short-term deal with

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on 6 August 2010. He was then released after his loan move to

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland L ...

when Peterborough invested in

Keeper Paul Jones.

Macclesfield Town

He signed for

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on 23 September 2011 on a short-term contract until January 2012 to provide cover for

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Buxton

Collis was signed by Buxton manager Martin McIntosh at the start of the 2012–13 season after participating in several pre-season matches for the

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side.

Rochdale

On 29 January, Steve Collis signed a short-term deal with Rochdale to take him to the summer. "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

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Coaching career

At the end of his playing career he became a player/goalkeeping coach with

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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 Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Park ...

in August 2020. In July 2021, he made the move to

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

, again in the role of goalkeeper coach. Oldham Athletic were relegated from the football league at the end of the 2021–2022 season. On 5 June 2024, Collis joined

as goalkeeper coach.

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