- Leon Cort
Football player infobox
playername = Leon Cort
fullname = Leon Terence Anthony Cort
nickname =
height = height|metres=1.91
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|11|mf=y
cityofbirth =Southwark
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Stoke City
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–1998
1998–2001
2000–2001
2001
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Dulwich Hamlet
Millwall
→ Forest Green Rovers (loan)
→ Stevenage Borough (loan)
Southend United
Hull City
Crystal Palace
→ Stoke City (loan)
Stoke City
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
000 0(0)
012 0(0)
009 0(0)
137 (11)
086 (10)
049 0(8)
014 0(4)
020 0(4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 11:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Leon Terence Anthony Cort (born
September 11 1979 inSouthwark ) is a professional footballer currently playing for Stoke City of thePremier League . He is a defender who wears the number 5 shirt for the Potters. He is of Guyanese descent, and is the younger brother ofCarl Cort .Playing career
Born in South London, Leon began his career at local non-league side Dulwich Hamlet before joining local league club Millwall in 1998. His career at
The New Den never really took off, and after a loan spell at Forest Green Rovers he joined Southend United on a free transfer.At Southend he became a regular in the side, achieving a remarkable feat of appearing in 130 consecutive league matches without missing any through injury or suspension, but nevertheless moved to newly-promoted Hull City in the summer of 2004, again on a free transfer.
Hull were promoted again that season, to The Championship, and in this division Cort excelled himself as Hull survived comfortably. In a game between Hull and Carl's team at the time Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2006, Leon scored for Hull and Carl scored for Wolves.
At the end of that season manager Peter Taylor departed to Crystal Palace and made Cort his first signing for £1.25m, and gave him a return to his native South London. He again impressed and became popular with the Palace fans.
The following season started poorly for the Eagles and saw Taylor sacked and replaced by
Neil Warnock , and Cort soon departed on loan to Stoke City, with a view to making it a full-time transfer, which was completed for a fee of £1.2m, making him the Potters' record signing. Ironically, Cort's last game for Palace was atSelhurst Park against Stoke.Cort's career at the
Britannia Stadium began very well, with assured performances being complimented by a remarkable tally of eight goals in just six months from the defender.The most remarkable statistic of Cort's career is his record of cards. Cort was last given a yellow card in one of his last outings for Southend in April 2004, and has not been booked or sent off in any of the over 150 competitive games he has featured in for Southend, Hull, Palace and Stoke since then.
Notes
External links
* [http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10310~15449,00.html Leon Cort player profile] at stokecityfc.com
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