Shannon Cooke
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.jpg) 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 | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | West Ham United | 27 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025- | Birmingham City | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | England U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:48, 30 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals 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. Cooke has competed for England at the Under-15 and Under-19 level.[1]
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]
