Carl Cort
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Edward Richard Cort | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Southwark, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1996 | Wimbledon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Wimbledon | 73 | (16) |
| 1997 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Newcastle United | 22 | (7) |
| 2004–2007 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 94 | (31) |
| 2007–2008 | Leicester City | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | Marbella | 7 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Norwich City | 12 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Brentford | 31 | (6) |
| 2012–2014 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | (3) |
| Total | 277 | (66) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2000 | England U21 | 14 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | Guyana | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2012 |
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Carl Edward Richard Cort (born 1 November 1977 in Southwark) is a Guyanese footballer who last played as a forward for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League.
He has previously played for Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City, UD Marbella and Norwich City.
Cort, born in London of Guyanese descent, began his career with Wimbledon as a teenager. He went on a one-month loan to Lincoln City in February 1997, and when he came back to the Dons he made his debut as a substitute against Aston Villa on 9 April 1997. He had to wait until the start of the next season to make his second appearance; on 13 September 1997 Cort started away against Newcastle United and scored in the first minute as Wimbledon went on to win 3–1. Three days later he scored twice against Millwall in the League Cup. A place in the England under-21s soon followed. Another highlight at Wimbledon was scoring a hat trick against Sunderland in the League Cup in October 1999.
Newcastle boss Bobby Robson paid £7 million to sign Cort on a five-year contract in the summer of 2000, seeing off competition from Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. After making his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, he scored on his Newcastle home debut, against Derby County, but unfortunately struggled with hamstring problems and underwent surgery after only a few appearances for his new club. He did eventually return to the first team in March 2001, and went on to score five goals in ten appearances before the season ended.
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