Mick Cooke (football manager)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 August 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Newbridge Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970 | St Patrick's Athletic | ? | (?) |
| 1970–1974 | Drogheda United | ? | (8) |
| 1974 | St Patrick's Athletic | ? | (?) |
| 1974–1977 | Shamrock Rovers | ? | (?) |
| 1977–1978 | Bluebell United | ? | (?) |
| 1977–1978 | Thurles Town | ? | (?) |
| 1978–1981 | Galway United | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 1970 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–2000 | Republic of Ireland Women | ||
| 1999–2002 | Shamrock Rovers (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2010 | Monaghan United | ||
| 2011–2013 | Drogheda United | ||
| 2014 | Athlone Town | ||
| 2015–2016 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 2018– | Newbridge Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mick Cooke (born 14 August 1951) is an Irish association football manager and former player.
A former youths international Cooke played in the qualifiers for Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1970 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. An inside left he started his career at St Patrick's Athletic He then moved to Drogheda United scoring 8 league goals in four seasons and was their top scorer in 1972/73.
He played in both games of the 1971 FAI Cup Final as Drogheda lost in the replay to Limerick.
The Dubliner was signed by Mick Meagan for Shamrock Rovers later that year, the man who had brought him to Drogheda as a teenager four years earlier.
A former Republic of Ireland national football team youth international in February 1974 Cooke signed for St Patrick's Athletic[1] and was an unused substitute as Pats lost the 1974 FAI Cup final.