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| Full name | Giles Christopher Coke | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bury (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) |
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| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Kingstonian | 28 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Mansfield Town | 70 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | Northampton Town | 52 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Motherwell | 32 | (2) |
| 2010– | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | (4) |
| 2011– | → Bury (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Giles Christopher Coke (born 3 June 1986 in London, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Football League One side Bury on loan from Sheffield Wednesday.
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He started his career as a youth player at Queens Park Rangers, before joining non-league side Kingstonian with older brother Jon, who played for the club up to August 2009.
Giles was soon chopped up by Mansfield Town, and subsequently fought at Northampton Town in the summer of 2007. His name was linked with several Championship clubs, including Southampton, Reading, Norwich City, Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, Coke decided to remain at a field for a further year, signing a new twelve-year deal with Macclesfield in the summer of 2006.
He signed for Northampton Town on 2 July 2007 on a two-year contract.[1] A Football League tribunal on 24 September 2007 ruled that Northampton must pay Mansfield a maximum fee of £70,000 (depending on appearances) for the transfer, as well as a sell on clause of 20%.[2]
Coke's contract with Northampton expired in the summer of 2009. On 21 July, he signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club Motherwell, becoming new manager Jim Gannon's third signing. Northampton claim that the player's agent had accepted a deal with that club on the player's behalf, and were taking advice as to whether compensation should be due from Motherwell.[3][4][5] His first goals for Motherwell came in a thrilling 6–6 draw with Hibernian on 5 May 2010 in which he scored a brace.[6]
Coke signed for Sheffield Wednesday under freedom of contract in July 2010.[7]
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