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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Anthony Cook[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 February 1967||
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) |
1999 | → Burnley (loan) | 12 | (1) |
1999–2003 | Burnley | 135 | (11) |
2001–2002 | → Wigan 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Paul Cook". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ "Paul Cook:Portsmouth attempt to keep boss after Wigan Athletic offer". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.