Who is Manchester United’s Toby Collyer? Everything you need to know about the youngster, including his age, position, height, nationality and more.
Who is Toby Collyer?
Toby Collyer is a professional footballer for Manchester United. He began his footballing career on the South Coast, in Brighton & Hove Albion’s youth system at the under-12 level.
Collyer progressed very quickly. Just three years later, at the age of 15, he made his under-18s debut. He then became a key player for the Seagulls academy side in the 2020-21 season, helping them to finish third in Premier League South and winning the Premier League under-17s Cup.
He then made his U23S debut in 2021, which grabbed the attention of Manchester United. In March 2022, he joined the Manchester United academy with United securing his signature on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
Featuring prominently for the under-21s in the Premier League two, Collyer has asserted himself as one to watch – he’s already part of the first-team squad.
He made his official United debut against Manchester City in the Community Shield and became the club’s 251st academy graduate to break into the United first team.
Where and when was he born?
Collyer was born in Worthing, England on the 3rd of January 2024. At international level, he has captained the England National Team at under-16 and under-17 levels.
What position does Toby Collyer play?
Collyer is a defensive-midfielder. He can also play as a centre-back and a central midfielder. Collyer has been compared to N’Golo Kante because the United ace shares ball-winning attributes with the French midfielder.
Toby Collyer height
The Manchester United star is 1.80 metres tall, which equates to 5 foot 9 inches.
How good is Toby Collyer?
He has the potential to be a superb player at Old Trafford. Collyer is already well liked by Ten Hag, and received the Kobbie Mainoo treatment when Ten Hag shared a moment with him after the FA Cup final win.
Ten Hag also likes Collyer because of his ‘freakish’ running statistics in training, which are rivalled only by United captain Bruno Fernandes.
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