| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Fachtna Collins | |
| Irish: | Fachtna Ó Coileáin |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Veterinary surgeon |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Ilen Rovers → Carbery |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Colleges: | University College Dublin |
| Colyears: | 1991-1996 |
| Sig: | 1 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Midfielder |
| Icyears: | 1996-2001 |
| Icapps(Points): | 10 (1-03) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nfl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Aughadown, County Cork, Ireland |
Fachtna Collins (born 1973) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Ilen Rovers divisional side Carbery and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.[1]
Collins first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Ilen Rovers club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with St. Fachtna's De La Salle College in Skibbereen and, after winning consecutive Corn Uí Mhuirí titles, won a Hogan Cup medal in 1991.[2] [3] As a student at University College Dublin, Collins captained the senior team to the Sigerson Cup title in 1996.[4]
Collins progressed to adult level with his club and won numerous South West JAFC titles before winning a Cork JAFC title in 2001 and a Cork IAFC title in 2003.[5] He was at midfield when Ilen Rovers beat St. Michael's to win the inaugural All-Ireland ICFC title in 2004.[6] Collins also lined out with divisional side Carbery.
Collins first played for Cork as a member of the minor team that beat Mayo in the 1991 All-Ireland minor final.[7] He later claimed All-Ireland honours as a member of the junior team in 1993 and with the under-21 team in 1994.[8] [9] Collins's performances with the junior team earned a call-up to the senior team in 1996. He won National League and Munster Championship titles in 1999, however, Cork were beaten by Meath in that year's All-Ireland final.[10]
1990, 1991
1996 (c)
2003
2003
1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
1999
1993
1994
1991