Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Cooke[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 April 1962||
Place of birth | Salford,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1985 | Sunderland | 55 | (4) |
1984–1985 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (2) |
1985 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
1985–1988 | Carlisle United | 106 | (11) |
1988–1990 | Stockport County | 58 | (7) |
1990–1992 | Chesterfield | 53 | (8) |
Gateshead | |||
Spennymoor United | |||
Total | 278 | (32) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Cooke (born 25 April 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Born in Salford, Cooke played for Sunderland, Carlisle United, Sheffield Wednesday, Carlisle United, Stockport County, Chesterfield, Gateshead,[3] and Spennymoor United.[4]
Cooke also made three appearances for England at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.[5]
He joined his former club Sunderland as kit manager in January 1994 and was still in post as of April 2020[update].[4][6] He left the club in late 2020, with his son Jay Turner-Cooke, a Sunderland youth player, leaving the club to join rivals Newcastle United as a result.[7]