Ben Collett

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Ben Collett
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Collett
Date of birth	September 11, 1984 (1984-09-11) (age 23)
Place of birth	Bury, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2006 2006 2006-2007	Manchester United New Zealand Knights AGOVV Apeldoorn	0 (0) 18 (0) 32 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 08. * Appearances (Goals)

Benjamin "Ben" Collett (born 11 September 1984 in Bury) is a former English association footballer who played as a central midfielder for Manchester United, New Zealand Knights and AGOVV Apeldoorn. Collett joined AGOVV from the New Zealand Knights in 2006 after being released from Manchester United, where he was a trainee. During his time at Manchester United, Collett received the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award following the triumph in the FA Youth Cup in which he scored a goal in the first leg of the final at The Stadium of Light in Middlesbrough.

Collett never fully recovered from breaking his leg in two places following a tackle by Gary Smith of Middlesbrough during a reserve team game while at Manchester United, and the injury subsequently forced him to retire from football.^[1] He has recently brought a multi-million pound lawsuit against Middlesbrough and Gary Smith, and a hearing will be held soon to decide on the compensation.^[2] Both Sir Alex Ferguson and Gary Neville will attend the hearing, where they will claim that Collett had every chance of being a first team regular at Manchester United.^[3]

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