Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oliver John Colloty [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 July 2003||
Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wellington Olympic | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Maori Hill | ||
2015–2017 | Roslyn Wakari | ||
2018 | Western Suburbs | ||
2018 | Southern United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2020 | Southern United | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Roslyn Wakari | 18 | (5) |
2020 | Dunedin Technical | 6 | (1) |
2021 | Christchurch United | 22 | (18) |
2022–2023 | Melville United | 31 | (20) |
2023 | Auckland City | 2 | (1) |
2024– | Wellington Olympic | 8 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2022–2023 | New Zealand U-20 | 13 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023 |
Oliver John Colloty (born 4 July 2003) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a striker. [2]
Colloty was a student at Otago Boys' High School. In 2021 he won the Youth Player of the Year title for the Mainland Premier League. [3]
Colloty made his debut for Southern United FC in the New Zealand Football Championship at fifteen years-old playing against Hawke's Bay United FC in March 2019. [4] In 2022 he scored 20 goals in 31 games for Melville United AFC. [5] He had a trial with Sheffield Wednesday in January 2023. [6] Although born in Dunedin, Colloty has a British passport. However, the trial was cut short due to a hamstring injury. [7] Colloty was also reportedly completed trials at Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers. [8]
Colloty shared the golden boot with Kian Donkers as New Zealand triumphed in the OFC Under-19 Championship in 2022, and qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Argentina in May 2023. [9] His haul included a brace of goals in the final as New Zealand beat Fiji U-19 3-0 in Tahiti. [10] Colloty was subsequently named in the New Zealand squad for the World Cup tournament. [11]