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Carl Cort
English-Guyanese footballer

Carl Cort

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
English-Guyanese footballer
A.K.A.
Carl Edward Richard Cort
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Southwark, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, United Kingdom
Age
47 years
Residence
Southwark, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, United Kingdom
Stats
Height:
193 cm
Education
Archbishop Tenison's Church of England School
Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom
Sports Teams
Tampa Bay Rowdies (USA)
Brentford F.C. (United Kingdom)
Lincoln City F.C. (United Kingdom)
UD Marbella (Spain)
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (United Kingdom)
Newcastle United F.C. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Wimbledon F.C. (United Kingdom)
Norwich City F.C. (United Kingdom)
Leicester City F.C. (United Kingdom)
England national under-21 association football team (United Kingdom)
Guyana national football team (Guyana)
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Biography

Carl Edward Richard Cort (born 1 November 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, also playing in the Football League for Lincoln City, Leicester City, Norwich City and Brentford. He also had a spell with Spanish club UD Marbella and finished his professional career with North American Soccer League side Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Born in England, he represented the England U21 earning 14 caps and scoring 8 goals, before switching his allegiance to Guyana, although not playing for them until 2011 during the final few years of his career. He was capped six times between 2011 and 2012 and failed to score a goal.

Career

Wimbledon

Cort, born in London of Guyanese descent, began his career with Wimbledon as a teenager. He went on a one-month loan to Lincoln City in February 1997, and when he came back to the Dons he made his debut as a substitute against Aston Villa on 9 April 1997. He had to wait until the start of the next season to make his second appearance; on 13 September 1997 Cort started away against Newcastle United and scored in the first minute as Wimbledon went on to win 3–1. Three days later he scored twice against Millwall in the League Cup. A place in the England under-21s soon followed. Another highlight at Wimbledon was scoring a hat trick against Sunderland in the League Cup in October 1999.

Newcastle United

Newcastle boss Bobby Robson paid £7 million to sign Cort on a five-year contract in the summer of 2000, seeing off competition from Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. After making his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, he scored on his Newcastle home debut, against Derby County, but struggled with hamstring problems and underwent surgery after only a few appearances for his new club. He did eventually return to the first team in March 2001, and went on to score five goals in ten appearances before the season ended.

In the 2001–02 season, injury ruined his season again. Cort was ruled out until March due to injuries to his ankle and knee. He travelled to the United States for specialist treatment and was treated by the same surgeon who treated future teammate Joleon Lescott. The injuries appeared to take their toll, and Cort struggled to make an impact in the Premier League. His only league appearance in the 2002–03 season was a four-minute cameo as a substitute at West Ham.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Having recovered from injury, he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £2 million during January 2004. He scored five goals for his new club that season but could not prevent relegation from the top flight. In the 2004–05 season, his form improved and he scored 16 goals in 40 appearances. Wolves had an indifferent season in 2005–06. Cort began the season well, scoring nine goals in the first 11 matches. Injury interrupted his season again, and by the end of May, Cort had added only two more to his tally, totalling 11 goals in 24 appearances. After the following campaign was again plagued by injury, he was released by Wolves in May 2007.

Leicester City

On 8 June 2007, Cort signed a two-year contract with Leicester City. He scored his only goal for the club in a 4–3 League Cup defeat to Chelsea on 31 October. Although it won Leicester City's Goal of the Month for October, Cort failed to score a single league goal, and he was transfer listed on 23 December. He was released by the club by mutual consent on 11 January.

Later career

On 30 January 2008, Cort joined Spanish club UD Marbella, who were then playing in the Segunda División B.

Cort returned to England when he signed for Norwich City on 9 December 2008 until the end of the 2008–09 season. He made his debut for Norwich against Reading at the Madejski Stadium and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw at Wolves on 3 February 2009. This was his first league goal since March 2006, when he netted for Wolves in a Championship fixture at Hull City. Following Norwich's relegation to League One Cort left the club after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.

After leaving Norwich, Cort went on trial with Wycombe Wanderers but was not offered a contract. He later went on to sign for Brentford on a five-month deal, which was then extended to the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Brentford against Swindon Town on 3 October 2009 and added another 5 goals making it 6 goals in 26 appearances. In June 2010, Cort signed a new one-year contract at Brentford, but was later released in January 2011.

Cort had been training with the AFC Wimbledon reserve/development squad. It was reported that he had scored in an appearance for the reserve team towards the end of October 2011.

On 10 August 2012, Tampa Bay Rowdies announced they had signed Cort.

Personal life

He is the elder brother of fellow professional footballer Leon Cort, and the younger brother of non-League footballer Wayne Cort. He is also the half-brother of AC Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Career statistics

Club

TeamSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wimbledon1996–97Premier League10000010
1997–982245022296
1998–991633130224
1999–200034921554115
Total7316102107009325
Lincoln City (loan)1996–97Third Division6100000061
Newcastle United2000–01Premier League1360021157
2001–02812000101
2002–031000101030
Total227203110288
Wolverhampton Wanderers2003–04Premier League1650000165
2004–05Championship371521104016
2005–06311120003311
2006–071000000100
Total94314110009932
Leicester City2007–08Championship1400011151
Marbella2007–08Segunda División B1000000100
Norwich City2008–09Championship1211000131
Brentford2009–10League One286210000307
2010–113000001040
Total316210010347
Tampa Bay Rowdies2012NASL8200000082
2013112000000112
20143000000030
Total224000000224
Career total284661941592032079
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