Sam Cosgrove

Sam Cosgrove (born 2 December 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aberdeen, as a striker.[1][2]

Sam Cosgrove
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996
Place of birth Beverley, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 16
Youth career
Everton
2013–2015 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Wigan Athletic 0 (0)
2015 → Barrow (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Chorley (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → North Ferriby United (loan) 14 (0)
2017–2018 Carlisle United 8 (1)
2018– Aberdeen 65 (28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:03, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Born in Beverley,[1] Cosgrove grew up in Cheshire and attended Knutsford High School.[3] He began his youth career at Everton before signing scholarship forms with Wigan Athletic in 2013. He had spells on loan at Barrow,[4] Chorley,[5] and North Ferriby United,[6] but made only one first team appearance for Wigan as a late substitute in the EFL Cup against Oldham Athletic in August 2016. After being released by the club, he moved to Carlisle United in August 2017.[7] He made eight league appearances for Carlisle, and scored his first senior goal on 13 January 2018 in a 1–0 win against Crewe Alexandra.[8]

On 31 January 2018, he joined Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.[9][10] He was sent off on his debut for Aberdeen, a 2–0 defeat against Celtic on 25 February.[11] After scoring a number of goals in December 2018, he was awarded Scottish Premiership player of the month.[12] In January 2019, Cosgrove signed a contract extension until 2022 with the Dons.[13]

In August 2019 his form was praised by Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes.[14] Later that month he was linked in Italian media with a transfer to Lazio,[15] which was denied by Aberdeen.[16] In December 2019 Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack confirmed the club had received no offers or approaches from other clubs for Cosgrove or teammate Scott McKenna.[17]

Career statistics
As of 1 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2015–16[18] League One 0000000000
2016–17[19] Championship 0000100010
Total 0000100010
Barrow (loan) 2015–16[1] National League 5000——0050
Chorley (loan) 2015–16[1] National League North 1000——0010
North Ferriby United (loan) 2016–17[1] National League 14000——00140
Carlisle United 2017–18[20] League Two 81101020121
Aberdeen 2017–18[20] Scottish Premiership 5010000060
2018–19[21] 35175420204421
2019–20[22] 25114323663723
Total 652810743868744
Career total 93291176310612045

References
  1. Sam Cosgrove at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. Sam Cosgrove at Soccerbase
  3. "Sam Cosgrove Feature". Aberdeen Football Club. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. "Barrow AFC: Sam Cosgrove and George Williams join on loan". BBC Sport. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "SAM COSGROVE JOINS CHORLEY FC ON LOAN". Wigan Athletic F.C. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. Phil Withers (20 January 2017). "Sam Cosgrove signed on loan from Wigan Athletic". North Ferriby United A.F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. "Carlisle United sign ex-Wigan striker Sam Cosgrove and Liverpool keeper Shamal George". BBC Sport. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. "Carlisle United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  9. "STRIKER SAM JOINS DONS ON DEADLINE DAY". Aberdeen F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  10. "Aberdeen sign goalkeeper Freddie Woodman and striker Sam Cosgrove". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. "Rob Maclean: Murphy's timely form, Cosgrove red & Woods redemption". BBC Sport. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  12. "Derek McInnes and Sam Cosgrove Awards reaction". afc.co.uk. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  13. "DONS TOP SCORER SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION". afc.co.uk. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  14. "Aberdeen's Sam Cosgrove 'proving doubters wrong' - Derek McInnes". BBC Sport. 1 August 2019.
  15. "Mercato Lazio, nome nuovo dalla Scozia per l'attacco. Cosgrove dell'Aberdeen".
  16. "Sam Cosgrove: Aberdeen say no Lazio contact after Italian report". BBC Sport. 21 August 2019.
  17. "Aberdeen: No offers for Sam Cosgrove & Scott McKenna, says chairman". 16 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  22. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.


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