Paul Cook (footballer)

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

Paul Anthony Cook (born February 22, 1967 in Liverpool) is an English former footballer and the current manager of Sligo Rovers F.C. in Ireland. He had a lengthy career, playing for a number of clubs in the Football League as a left sided or central midfielder before retiring from the game in 2006.

Paul Cook
Cook as manager of Wigan Athletic in 2018
Personal information
Full name Paul Anthony Cook[1]
Date of birth (1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth Kirkby,[2] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
Chesterfield (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Marine 0 (0)
1984–1988 Wigan Athletic 83 (14)
1988–1989 Norwich City 6 (0)
1989–1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers 193 (19)
1994–1996 Coventry City 37 (3)
1996–1997 Tranmere Rovers 60 (4)
1997–1999 Stockport County 49 (3)
1999Burnley (loan) 12 (1)
1999–2003 Burnley 135 (11)
2001–2002Wigan Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2003–2006 Accrington Stanley 62 (1)
Total 643 (56)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Southport
2007–2012 Sligo Rovers
2012 Accrington Stanley
2012–2015 Chesterfield
2015–2017 Portsmouth
2017–2020 Wigan Athletic
2021 Ipswich Town
2022– Chesterfield
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Paul Cook". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. "Paul Cook:Portsmouth attempt to keep boss after Wigan Athletic offer". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.