Steve Cook

Steve Anthony Cook (born 19 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.

For other people named Steve Cook, see Steve Cook (disambiguation).

Steve Cook
Personal information
Full name Steve Anthony Cook[1]
Date of birth (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991[2]
Place of birth Hastings, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 AFC Bournemouth
Number 3
Youth career
2007–2008 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 (0)
2009 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 → Eastleigh (loan) 10 (0)
2010 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 7 (1)
2010–2011 → Mansfield Town (loan) 8 (0)
2011 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 8 (0)
2012– AFC Bournemouth 296 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Cook made his first-team debut for Brighton & Hove Albion during the League Cup third round victory over Manchester City on 24 September 2008.[3] He made his second substitute appearance for Brighton during a 2–1 FA Cup first round replay defeat against Hartlepool United on 18 November 2008.[4]

On 23 December 2008, Cook joined Conference South team Havant & Waterlooville on loan for six-weeks.[5] When this loan expired, he once again found himself involved in the Brighton first team, making his third substitute appearance for the club during the Football League Trophy Southern Final penalty shoot-out defeat to Luton Town.[6]

Cook made his first league appearance for Brighton during a 4–0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 28 February 2009.[7]

He, along with fellow youth players Steve Brinkhurst and Josh Pelling, signed professional contracts with Brighton on 7 May 2009.[8]

On 20 November 2009, Cook joined Conference South team Eastleigh on loan to gain first-team match experience. He was sent off on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Lewes in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy on 21 November 2009.[9]

On 16 September 2010, Cook once again went on loan, this time to Conference Premier side Eastbourne Borough where he spent a month.[10] After making seven appearances and scoring once, Eastbourne were keen to extend the loan deal for the player,[11] but were however unsuccessful as he later joined Conference Premier rivals Mansfield Town on a loan deal lasting until January 2011.[12] Brighton manager Gus Poyet later revealed that he felt Cook would add another ingredient to his footballing education by spending time away from Sussex and that it would force him to "grow up".[13]

Cook made his first appearance for Brighton in over two-and-a-half years during the League Cup game against Liverpool in September 2011.

AFC Bournemouth

On 27 October 2011, he joined League One side AFC Bournemouth on loan.[14] On 3 January 2012, Cook re-joined Bournemouth permanently for £150,000 signing a three-and-a-half-year deal.[15]

Cook was ever-present in the 2014–15 season as Bournemouth won the Championship and were promoted to the Premier League.[16]

On 4 December 2016, he scored to equalise and then created the winning goal as Bournemouth completed one of the comebacks of the season to beat Liverpool for the first time in their history 4–3 in a sensational Premier League game. He made his 300th appearance for the Cherries in February 2019.[16] On 18 January 2020, Cook received a red card against Norwich City, for a handball.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 February 2019
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2008–09[18] League One 2010101[lower-alpha 1]050
2011–12[19] Championship 100010—20
Total 3010201070
Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 2008–09[18] Conference South 5000—3[lower-alpha 2]080
Eastleigh (loan) 2009–10[20] Conference South 10000—2[lower-alpha 2]0120
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2010–11[21] Conference Premier 7100—0071
Mansfield Town (loan) 2010–11[22] Conference Premier 8020—1[lower-alpha 2]0110
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2011–12[19] League One 8000—1[lower-alpha 1]090
AFC Bournemouth 2011–12[19] League One 180000000180
2012–13[23] League One 33140001[lower-alpha 1]0381
2013–14[24] Championship 3831010—403
2014–15[25] Championship 4652010—495
2015–16[26] Premier League 3641010—384
2016–17[27] Premier League 3822000—402
2017–18[28] Premier League 3321140—383
2018–19[29] Premier League 2611031—302
2019–20[30] Premier League 2012000—221
Total 304181401011032921
Career total 337181701219037522
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. Match Report (Brighton 2–2 Manchester City) Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 24 September 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  4. Hartlepool 2–1 Brighton Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 18 November 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  5. Team News for Boxing Day Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 23 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  6. Luton Town 1–1 Brighton Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 17 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  7. Brighton 0–4 Crewe Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  8. Trio Sign Pro Deals Archived 8 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Seagulls World, 7 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009
  9. "Eastleigh v Lewes". Eastleigh F.C. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  10. Cook an added ingredient for Borough, The Argus, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  11. "Borough hope to keep loan pair for longer". The Argus, 12 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  12. Cook heads for Mansfield, The Argus, 18 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  13. Loan move will force Seagulls youngster to grow up, The Argus, 19 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  14. "Cook Ripe for Cherries". The Argus. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  15. "Cherries sign Cook on permanent basis". AFC Bournemouth. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  16. Perrett, Neil (5 February 2019). "300 not out: The rise and rise of Steve Cook". AFCB. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  17. "Bournemouth 4–3 Liverpool". BBC. 4 December 2016.
  18. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2009/2010 for Eastleigh". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  21. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2010/2011 for Mansfield Town". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  23. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  24. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  25. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  26. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  27. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  28. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  29. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  30. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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