Anthony Lloyd Evans Cook (born 10 August 1989) is an English

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who plays for

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

Club career

Cook made his debut for

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

and first professional appearance on 15 December 2007, in the 4–0 defeat away to Shrewsbury Town. Cook featured in the second series of

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's reality show

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, where he finished in 4th place after picking up an injury. Shortly after Football Icon he went on trials at Tottenham Hotspur and

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

where he signed for the latter, going on to represent the Bluebirds at reserve and youth team level. He joined

Concord Rangers Concord Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Canvey Island in Essex, England. The club currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Thames Road ...

after leaving

by mutual consent but joined

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

in March 2009. After impressing during pre-season, Cook was signed for Chelmsford City in July 2009. On 2 February 2013, Cook replaced Stuart Searle in goal against

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

, playing 84 minutes, following an injury to Chelmsford's first choice goalkeeper. During the game, Cook was on the receiving end of racial abuse from a member of the away support. In 2013, Cook then opted to sign a one-year deal with

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

after a trial with Colchester United. After signing on for another season, Cook departed the club in January 2015, much to the disappointment of supporters. He signed for league rivals Bromley on 16 January 2015. After winning the Conference South title with Bromley and having a promising start to life in the National League, his old club returned for his services and he eventually departed the club in December 2015, joining

for an undisclosed fee. In 2017, Cook was part of the Ebbsfleet side that achieved promotion to the National League, despite picking up in a first half red card against former club Chelmsford City in the play-off final. On 12 January 2018, Cook joined fellow National League side

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on loan for the remainder of the campaign. A day later, he made his Woking debut during their 1–0 home defeat against Tranmere Rovers, playing the full 90 minutes. Cook went on to appear sixteen more times for the Cards, before returning to Ebbsfleet in April, prior to their playoff campaign. On 16 May 2018, Cook announced via Twitter, that he would be leaving Ebbsfleet at the end of the current campaign, following the expiration of his contract. On 22 June 2018,

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. T ...

announced that Cook had signed a pre-contract agreement, and would be joining the club ahead of their inaugural season in the

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. On 1 July 2019, he then joined Welling United.

Personal life

He is the older brother of fellow professional footballers

Reice Charles-Cook Reice Jordan Charles-Cook (born 8 April 1994) is an professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bromley. Born in England, Charles-Cook represents the Grenada national team. Charles-Cook began his career at Arsenal, and enjoyed a loan ...

and

Regan Charles-Cook Regan Evans Charles-Cook (born 14 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Eupen. Born in England, he plays for the Grenada national team. Club career Charlton Athletic Following a m ...

. Cook's uncle,

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, is a former British

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boxing champion.

Career statistics

References

External links

Anthony Cook player profile
at daggers.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Anthony 1989 births Living people English footballers English people of Jamaican descent Men's association football wingers Croydon Athletic F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Concord Rangers F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Woking F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Cray Wanderers F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney Black British sportsmen