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Jack Cork
Personal information
Full name Jack Frank Porteous Cork[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2006 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Chelsea 0 (0)
2006-2007 → Bournemouth (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2008 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 34 (2)
2008 → Southampton (loan) 23 (0)
2009 → Watford (loan) 19 (0)
2009–2010 → Coventry City (loan) 21 (0)
2010 → Burnley (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2011 → Burnley (loan) 40 (3)
2011– Southampton 46 (0)
International career‡
2005 England U16 4 (0)
2005–2006 England U17 7 (0)
2006 England U18 1 (0)
2007–2008 England U19 14 (0)
2009 England U20 1 (0)
2008–2011 England U21 13 (0)
2012– Great Britain 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:02, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:37, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Jack Frank Porteous Cork (born 25 June 1989) is an English footballer currently playing for Southampton. He is a versatile player who normally plays in midfield, but can also play in defence. He is the son of former Wimbledon player, former Bolton Wanderers coach, and Sheffield United assistant manager Alan Cork.[2] He has been named as part of Stuart Pearce's 18 man squad of the Great Britain Olympic football team.

Football career

Chelsea

Cork joined the Chelsea youth set up age of nine, and captained both the club's youth and reserve teams.

Bournemouth (loan)

During the 2006–07 season, Cork twice went on loan to Bournemouth. Cork was selected to go on Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States in summer 2007. He made his first appearance for the first-team against Club América on 14 July. He played out-of-position at left-back for most of the tour.[3]

Scunthorpe United (loan)

Cork spent the 2007–08 season on loan at Scunthorpe United. After 35 appearances, despite Scunthorpe's ultimate relegation from the Football League Championship, he was voted the club's Player of the Year.[4] His first league goals came for Scunthorpe, both against Coventry City; in a 1–1 away draw on 27 November 2007[2] and in a 2–1 home victory on 1 March 2008.[5]

Southampton (loan)

In August 2008, Cork joined Southampton on loan until 1 January 2009, after the Saints beat off reportedly stiff competition from both Sheffield Wednesday and Aberdeen.[6]

Watford (loan)

In January 2009, Cork joined Watford on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season.[7] On 24 January 2009, Cork scored his first goal for Watford in a 4–3 victory over Crystal Palace in the 4th round of the FA Cup.[8]

Coventry City (loan)

On 21 August 2009, Cork signed a new three year contract with Chelsea and immediately signed for Coventry City on loan until the end of December 2009.

Burnley (loan)

On 1 February 2010, Cork signed on loan to Burnley until the end of the season.[9] He made his first appearance for Burnley in a 3–0 defeat at Craven Cottage on his Premier League debut. He then played in a 5–2 defeat against Aston Villa on 21 February 2010 and got an assist for Burnley's second goal.[10]

Cork got his first goal for Burnley on 9 May 2010, in their 4–2 win over Tottenham Hotspur, he buried a diving header in emphatic style to score Burnley's second to turn over a two goal lead.[11] His father revealed the day before in a local newspaper, The Lancashire Telegraph, that Jack is looking to leave Chelsea in the summer and doesn't mind dropping down into the Football League Championship in order to do so.[12]

On 8 August 2010 Chelsea said that they would allow Cork to leave the club and were looking for offers of around £2 millon;[13] however on 12 August Cork re-joined Burnley on a season long loan to the delight of manager Brian Laws.[14] On 27 November, Cork scored a last minute winner against Derby at Turf Moor taking Burnley into the play-off positions.

Southampton

On 7 July 2011, Cork signed for Southampton, after they agreed an undisclosed fee with Chelsea.[15] However the fee is thought to be around £750,000 mark.[16] The midfielder scored for Saints in a pre-season draw with West Bromwich Albion. Cork ended a solid 2011–12 season as the only Saints player who appeared in every league match, as the club finished as runners-up in the Football League Championship.[17]

He was called up into the Team GB football squad for the London 2012 Olympics.

International

Cork has represented England at many youth levels, making his Under 19 debut against the Czech Republic Under-19s in May 2007.[18] He captained the England Under 19 squad to make 2008's European Championships, and has since gone on to receive calls into the Under 21 squad.

Great Britain Olympic

On 2 July 2012, Cork was named in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[19]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2012.
Club Division Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bournemouth (loan) League One 2006–07 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
Scunthorpe United (loan) Championship 2007–08 34 2 1 0 0 0 35 2
Southampton (loan) Championship 2008–09 23 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
Watford (loan) Championship 2008–09 19 0 2 1 0 0 21 1
Coventry (loan) Championship 2009–10 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Burnley (loan) Premier League 2009–10 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
Burnley (loan) Championship 2010–11 40 3 3 0 3 0 46 3
Southampton Championship 2011–12 46 0 1 0 2 0 49 0
Career total 195 6 9 1 7 0 211 7

Honours

Southampton

References

  1. ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Coventry 1 Scunthorpe 1: 27 November 2007 (Match summary)". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Minute Detail: Chelsea 2 Club America 1". chelseafc.com. Broken link
  4. ^ "Cork Loan to Saints". chelseafc.com.
  5. ^ "Scunthorpe 2 Coventry 1: 1 March 2008 (Match summary)". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Jan bolsters defence". saintsfc.co.uk. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Cork Loan to Watford". ChelseaFC.com. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Watford 4–3 Crystal Palace". BBC. 24 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Burnley boss delighted with signing of Chelsea youngster". Ontheminute.com. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  10. ^ Bevan, Chris (21 February 2010). "Aston Villa 5 - 2 Burnley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Burnley 4-2 Tottenham". BBC News. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  12. ^ Flanagan, Chris (8 May 2010). "Burnley midfielder Cork is ready to leave Chelsea, says father". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  13. ^ Scholes, Tony (8 August 2010). "Cork can go say Chelsea". Clarets-mad. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Loan Star Jack's The Lad - Again!". Burnley FC. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  15. ^ "Saints Sign Jack Cork". saintsfc.co.uk. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  16. ^ "It's a corking offer for Jack". thesun.co.uk. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Player appearances: 2011–12". Southampton FC. Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  18. ^ "Lions grab consolation". TheFA.com.
  19. ^ "Pearce names squad". Sky Sport. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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