Stephen Cooke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Lee Cooke | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Walsall, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FA National School of Excellence | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Walsall | |||
| ?–2000 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Aston Villa | 4 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bournemouth | 40 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Torquay United (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2007 | Halesowen Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Weymouth | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Halesowen Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Bloxwich United | – | (–) |
| 2010– | Pelsall Villa | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 27 May 2009 (UTC). |
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Stephen Lee Cooke (born 15 February 1982) is an English footballer formerly signed to Pelsall Villa in the Midland Football Combination Premier Division, where he played as a midfielder and was also a coach. Once considered a bright prospect for the future of English football, Cooke's career was seriously affected by a number of injuries.
Cooke was born in Walsall and began his career as a trainee at the FA National School of Excellence in Lilleshall and then signed as a trainee at Manchester United. He moved on to hometown club Walsall before joining Aston Villa. Cooke turned professional in July 2000. He made his first team debut on 2 August 2000, coming on as a second-half substitute for Julian Joachim in Villa's 2–1 defeat at home to Celta Vigo in the UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second-leg.
He moved to Bournemouth on loan in March 2002, making his Football League debut in Bournemouth's 5–1 win at home to Northampton Town on 9 March. He returned to Villa before the end of the season.
On 1 January 2003 he finally made his Premier League debut for Aston Villa, coming as a late substitute for Ulises De la Cruz in Villa's 2–0 home win over Bolton Wanderers. He made two further appearances that season for Aston Villa, as a late substitute for Dion Dublin in the 1–0 defeat at home to Manchester United in March and as a second-half substitute for Stefan Moore in the 3–1 defeat away to Leeds United on the final day of the season.
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