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Paul Cook
Personal information
Full name: Paul Anthony Cook
Date of birth: 22 February 1967 (1967-02-22) (age 57)
Place of birth:    Liverpool, Flag of England England
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position: Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of England Wigan Athletic (manager)
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1983–1984
1984–1988
1988–1989
1989–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999
1999–2003
2001–2002
2003–2006
Total
Flag of England Marine
Flag of England Wigan Athletic
Flag of England Norwich City
Flag of England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Flag of England Coventry City
Flag of England Tranmere Rovers
Flag of England Stockport County
Flag of EnglandBurnley (loan)
Flag of England Burnley
Flag of EnglandWigan Athletic (loan)
Flag of England Accrington Stanley
00 00
083 0(14)
0000(0)
193 0(19)
037 00(3)
060 00(4)
049 00(3)
012 00(1)
134 0(11)
0000(0)
062 00(1)
642 0(56)   
Teams managed
2006–2007
2007–2012
2012
2012–2015
2015–2017
2017–2020
2021
2022-
Flag of England Southport
Flag of Republic Ireland Sligo Rovers
Flag of England Accrington Stanley
Flag of England Chesterfield
Flag of England Portsmouth
Flag of England Wigan Athletic
Flag of England Ipswich Town
Flag of England Chesterfield

Paul Anthony Cook (born 22 February 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL League Two side Chesterfield.

Cook played as a central midfielder during a playing career that spanned 23 years from 1983 until 2006, notably in the Premier League for Coventry City. He also played in the Football League for Wigan Athletic, Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, Stockport County and Burnley. He also played Non-league football for Marine and Accrington Stanley. He moved into management in 2006 with Southport and later Sligo Rovers. In February 2012, he returned to English management with Accrington before moving to Chesterfield in October of the same year. In May 2015, he was appointed manager of League Two outfit Portsmouth after a release clause was met in his Chesterfield contract. In May 2017, he was appointed manager of League One club Wigan Athletic.

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Wigan Athletic FC
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Wigan Athletic FC
Current EFL League Championship managers

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Accrington Stanley Football Club - Managers

Hinksman (1968–75) • Baron (1977–82) • Cook (1982–84) • Keenan (1984–86) • Pierce (1986–89) • Staley (1989–94) • Whalley (1994–96) • Allen (1995–96) • Greenwood (1996–97) • James (1997–98) • Rodaway (1998–99) • Harrison (1999) • Coleman (1999–2012) • Richardson (2012) • Cook (2012) • Richardson (2012–2013) • Beattie (2013–14) • Coleman (2013–)

Chesterfield Football Club - Managers

Russell (1891–95) · Gillies (1895–1901) · Hind (1901–02) · Hoskin (1902–06) · Furness (1906–07) · Swift (1907–10) · Jones (1911–13) · Weston (1913–17) · Callaghan (1919) · Caffrey (1920–22) · Hadley (1922) · Parkes (1922–27) · Campbell (1927) · Davison (1927–32) · Harvey (1932–38) · Bullock (1938–45) · Brocklebank (1945–49) · Marshall (1949–52) · Davison (1952–58) · Livingstone (1958–62) · McShane (1962–67) · McGuigan (1967–73) · Shaw (1973–76) · Cox (1976–80) · Barlow (1980–83) · Duncan (1983–87) · Randall (1987–88) · Hart (1988–91) · McMenemy (1991–93) · Duncan (1993–2000) · Law (2000–01) · Rushbury (2002–03) · McFarland (2003–07) · Richardson (2007–09) · Sheridan (2009–12) · Wrightc 2012) · Cook (2012–15) · Saunders (2015) · Wilson (2015–17) · Humphreysc 2017) · Caldwell (2017) · Branston (2017) · Lester (2017–18) · Allen (2018) · Pembertonc 2018–19) · Sheridan (2019–20) · Pemberton (2020) · Rowe (2020–22) · Cook (2022–)

Portsmouth Football Club - Managers

Brettell (1898–01) • Blyth (1901–04) • Bonney (1904–08) • Brown (1911–20) • McCartney (1920–27) • Tinn (1927–47) • Jackson (1947–52) • Lever (1952–58) • Cox (1958–61) • G. Smith (1961–70) • Tindall (1970–73) • Mortimore (1973–74) • St John (1974–77) • Dickinson (1977–79) • Burrows (1979–82) • Campbell (1982–84) • Ball (1984–89) • Gregory (1989–90) • Burrows (1990–91) • Bartonc (1991) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldonc (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNabc (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordanc (2005) • Redknapp (2005–08) • Adams & Jordanc (2008) • Adams (2008–09) • Hart (2009) • Groves & Woanc (2009) • Grant (2009–10) • Cotterill (2010–11) • Whittingham & Grayc (2011) • Appleton (2011–12) • Whittingham (2012–13) • Awfordc (2013) • Barker (2013–14) • Awford (2014–15) • Waddockc (2015) • Cook (2015–17) • Jackett (2017–21) • Cowley (2021–)

Wigan Athletic Football Club - Managers

Spencer (1932–37) • Milne (1946–47) • Pryde (1949–52) • Goodier (1952–54) • Crook (1954–55) • Suart (1955–56) • Cook (1956) • Barkas (1957) • Hitchen (1957–58) • Barrass (1958–59) • Shirley (1959) • Murphy (1959–60) • Chilton (1960) • Ball (1960–63) • Brown (1963–66) • Craig (1966–67) • Leyland (1967–68) • Saunders (1968) • McNeill (1968–70) • Milne (1970–72) • Rigby (1972–74) • Tiler (1974–76) • McNeill (1976–81) • Eyre (1981) • Lloyd (1981–83) • Charlton (1983) • McNally (1983–85) • Hamilton (1985–86) • Mathias (1986–89) • Hamilton (1989–93) • Philpotts (1993) • Swain (1993–94) • Barrow (1994–95) • Cribley (1995) • Deehan (1995–98) • Mathias (1998–99) • Benson (1999–2000) • Rioch (2000–01) • Greenall (2001) • Bruce (2001) • Jewell (2001–07) • Hutchings (2007) • Barlow (2007) • Bruce (2007–09) • Martínez (2009–13) • Coyle (2013) • Barrow (2013) • Rösler (2013–14) • Mackay (2014–15) • Caldwell (2015–16) • Joyce (2016–17) • Barrow (2017) • Cook (2017–20) • Richardson (2020) • Sheridan (2020) • Richardson (2020–22) • Kelly (2022) • Touré (2022–23) • Maloney (2023–)

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