Cody Cooke (born 2 March 1993) is an English professional

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who plays as a striker for

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Early and personal life

Born in

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro c ...

, Cooke attended

Penryn College Penryn College is a mixed secondary academy school and Sports College in the Cornish town of Penryn, England, United Kingdom. It has 1,033 pupils in the age range of 11 to 16 years. The head teacher A head master, head instructor, bureau ...

Career

Cooke began his career in English non-league football with Penryn Athletic, before playing for

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between 2011 and 2018, while studying for a PGCE in Sport Development at Plymouth Marjon University. After spending time with the

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, Cooke turned professional in June 2018, after signing for Scottish club St Mirren alongside Josh Heaton. He made his debut for St Mirren on 13 July 2018 in the

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. He scored a hat-trick in the final game of the 2018–19 season. He described his first season as a professional as a "rollercoaster". On 1 August 2019, the club confirmed that Cooke would be out of action for between six and nine months after rupturing knee ligaments during a match. He returned to action in December 2019. On 2 June 2020 it was announced that he would remain with the club under the coronavirus furlough scheme before leaving the club. In June 2020, Cooke left Saints when his contract expired. Cooke said he wanted to move nearer to his home in Cornwall, and would consider returning to part-time football in order to do so. On 28 August 2020, Cooke signed for newly-promoted

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side Weymouth. Cooke was released from Weymouth at the end of the 2020–21 season, and on 11 June 2021 joined National League South side

Career statistics

References

1993 births Living people English footballers Penryn Athletic F.C. players Truro City F.C. players V9 Academy players St Mirren F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Bath City F.C. players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Cornwall {{England-footy-forward-1990s-stub