Kalifa McCollin (born 18 July 1995) is a

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

player from

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

, who plays for the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

Suncorp Super Netball The Super Netball League (known predominantly by its sponsored name Suncorp Group, Suncorp Super Netball (SSN)) is a professional netball league in Netball in Australia, Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also inc ...

league.

Career

McCollin's netball career commenced from a young age. Born in

to sports-coaching parents, she was selected to play for the under-16 international team at the age of 12, and rose up the international ranks to make her senior debut for the national team in 2015, at the age of 17. She has represented Trinidad and Tobago at the

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and

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Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New ...

s. In club netball, McCollin's ability led to her moving to the

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, where she played for the

Celtic Dragons Cardiff Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as ...

and

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between 2016 and 2019, and became one of the

Netball Superleague The Netball Super League is an elite netball league in the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in Netball in England, England, Netball in Wales, Wales and previously Netball in Scotland, Scotland. ...

's most reliable attackers. In 2020 she moved to

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to play in the

ANZ Premiership The ANZ Premiership is the top level netball league featuring teams from New Zealand. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from Australia, as the top level netball league in New Zealand. It is organised by Netbal ...

for the

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, and in 2021 she was signed by

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Super Netball Super Netball, also known as Super Netball League or its sponsored name Suncorp Super Netball, is a professional netball league in Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the to ...

team the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCollin, Kalifa Living people 1995 births Trinidad and Tobago netball players Cardiff Dragons (netball) players Mavericks netball players Netball Superleague players Southern Steel players ANZ Premiership players Collingwood Magpies Netball players Suncorp Super Netball players 2019 Netball World Cup players Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Australia Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in England 2015 Netball World Cup players