Terry Cooke
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Cooke with Colorado Rapids in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence John Cooke | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Marston Green, Solihull England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Denver Kickers (youth team coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Manchester United | 4 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Sunderland (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Wrexham (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Manchester City (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 1999–2002 | Manchester City | 20 | (2) |
| 2000 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Grimsby Town | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | (2) |
| 2005–2009 | Colorado Rapids | 106 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | North Queensland Fury | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Gabala | 12 | (1) |
| Total | 266 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Terence John Cooke (born 5 August 1976) is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of the Denver Kickers.
As a player he was a midfielder from 1994 to 2011. Born in Marston Green, he began his career with Manchester United, but struggled to break into the first team and had loan spells with Sunderland, Birmingham City and Wrexham before moving to United's local rivals Manchester City in 1999. He also failed to make an impact at City and again went on loan to Wigan Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby Town. The loan to Grimsby became permanent in 2002, but he only remained there for a year before rejoining Sheffield Wednesday for a season.
In 2005, Cooke's career took him out of England for the first time as he joined Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids. In four years with the team, he made more than 100 appearances, but he was deemed to be surplus to requirements at the end of the 2009 MLS season and released from his contract. As a free agent, he was picked up by Australian side North Queensland Fury, and 2010–2011 he played for Gabala of Azerbaijan. Cooke also made four appearances for the England under-21 side.