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He plies his trade as a centre back, but is equally useful playing as a full-back. He spent the first seven years of his professional career contracted to Middlesbrough, making 188 league appearances and scoring six league goals in the process. During this time, he helped Middlesbrough through Liquidation in 1986 . In the summer of 1991 , he was transferred to Division 2 side Millwall for the lowly sum of £300,000. He spent 2 fairly successful seasons with Millwall. After impressing several big name clubs, he decided to move to Nottingham Forest in 1993 for £1,700,000. It was at Forest where Colin arguably played the best football of his magnificent career. His form even earned him two England caps in 1995 . After experiencing the joys of 2 promotions and the heart-break of a relegation, "Super Coops" was re-purchased by his first club, Middlesbrough, in a £2,500,000 deal. Many people questioned the signing of the stalwart from Nottingham Forest, but Colin has proved to many people that he is more than able of playing Premiership football. He has maintained a consistent level of play throughout the past seven years that he has spent with Middlesbrough, and can always be relied upon to do a job. In 2003-04, he spent some time on loan with Sunderland . Recently, Colin has been awarded a one-year contract extension, which will see him play until he is 39 years of age. Colin has recently started regularly appearing on the late night football review programme ''Soccer Night'', which is hosted by Roger Tames. During this programme, three legendary figures representing one of each of the North-Easts top three clubs (Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and Newcastle United ) come to the studio and discusses recent footballing events. STATS Middlesbrough
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