Shannon Cooke
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Cooke playing for West Ham in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shannon Cooke | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Rickmansworth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Birmingham City (on loan from West Ham United) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Arsenal | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | LSU Tigers | 94 | (9) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Arsenal | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | West Ham United | 27 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Birmingham City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | England U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:48, 30 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:43, 8 October 2021 (UTC) | |||
Shannon Cooke (born 2 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Birmingham City on loan from Women's Super League club West Ham United. Cooke has competed for England at the Under-15 and Under-19 level.[1]
Club career
Cooke made her Arsenal debut in the FA Women's Super League in the penultimate match of the 2017–18 season. She came on in the 87th minute, replacing goalscorer Beth Mead in a 2–0 win over Sunderland.[2]
On 31 January 2023, Cooke joined West Ham United on a long term contract.[3]
In January 2025, Cooke joined Women's Championship leaders Birmingham City on loan for the remainder of the season.[4] Cooke earned the club's goal of the season award, the Women's Championship goal of the month (February), the Women's Championship defender of the month (February), and was nominated for the Women's Championship goal of the season.[5][1] On 5 July 2025, it was announced that Cooke had signed permanently with Birmingham.[1]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 18 May 2024[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal | 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| West Ham United | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup
Honours
Arsenal
Women's FA Cup runners up: 2017–18
References
- ^ a b c www.bcfc.com https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/blues-women-secure-signing-of-shannon-cooke. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Sunderland Ladies 0–2 Arsenal Women". 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "West Ham United Women bring in England U19 international Shannon Cooke". www.whufc.com.
- ^ "Shannon Cooke joins Birmingham City on loan". www.whufc.com. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "Shannon Cooke claims February award double". www.bcfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "England - S. Cooke - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2023.