Jordan Cook

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Jordan Cook
Personal information
Full nameJordan Alan Cook
Date of birth20 March 1990
Place of birthHetton-le-Hole, England[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Walsall
Number21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012Sunderland3(0)
2009–2010Darlington (loan)5(0)
2011Walsall (loan)8(1)
2012Carlisle United (loan)14(4)
2012–2014Charlton Athletic10(0)
2013Yeovil Town (loan)1(0)
2014–Walsall29(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:07, 15 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Jordan Alan Cook (born 20 March 1990) is an English professional footballer ho plays as a striker for Walsall.

Career

Having previously been part of the Sunderland reserves and youth team, joined League Two side Darlington on loan in August 2009.[3] Cook made his debut for Darlington on 18 August against Crewe Alexandra but was substituted after 58 minutes.[4] His loan spell with Darlington was cut short after sustaining cruciate knee ligament damage.[5] Cook made his Sunderland debut on Boxing Day 2010 after coming on as an 82nd minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat by Manchester United.[6] He made his home debut in the 4–2 home loss to Chelsea F.C on 1 February 2011.

Cook joined Carlisle United on 16 January 2012 on a one-month loan deal.[7]

On 19 May 2012 it was announced that he was amongst nine players released by Sunderland.[8]

On 9 July 2012, Cook joined Charlton Athletic on a free transfer following his release from Sunderland.[9] On 18 March 2013, Cook joined League One side Yeovil Town on a one-month loan deal.[10] On 22 May 2014, he was released from Charlton Athletic.[11]

On 7 July 2014, Cook signed with League One side Walsall on a free transfer.[12]

References

  1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  2. "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. "Youngster Cook heads to Darlo". Sunderland A.F.C. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  4. "Darlington 0–1 Crewe". BBC Sport. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  5. Carla Hilton (16 September 2009). "Cook suffers injury blow". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  6. Ian Hughes (26 December 2010). "Manchester United 2–0 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  7. "Carlisle sign Sunderland striker Jordan Cook on one-month loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  8. "Craig Gordon released by Sunderland as nine players leave". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  9. "Champions snap up Cook". Charlton Athletic. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  10. "Yeovil sign Brighton's Maksimenko and Charlton's Cook". BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  11. "Charlton announce list of released players". Charlton Athletic. 22 May 2014.
  12. "Walsall: Jordan Cook makes Saddlers return on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 7 July 2014.

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