1. Jack Frank Porteous Cork was born on 25 June 1989 and is an English professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for and captained EFL Championship club Burnley.
20 Facts About Jack Cork
1. 2.
Jack Cork played for the Great Britain Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
3.
Jack Cork spent two and a half years with Premier League club Swansea City from January 2015 to July 2017 before his permanent move to Burnley where he featured in every match en route of the club qualifying to the UEFA Europa League.
4.
Jack Cork spent six seasons with Burnley, one of which was a title winning EFL Championship campaign, before the contract expires.
5.
Jack Cork has featured for England from U16 in 2005 to U21 between 2008 and 2011, the Great Britain Olympic team and once for the senior national team.
6.
Jack Cork is the son of former footballer and manager Alan Cork.
7.
Jack Cork joined the Chelsea youth system up age of nine, and captained both the club's youth and reserve teams.
Related searches
Alan Cork 8.
Jack Cork was selected to go on Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States in summer 2007.
9.
Jack Cork played out-of-position at left back for most of the tour.
10.
On 21 August 2008, Jack Cork joined Championship club Southampton on loan until 1 January 2009.
11.
Jack Cork signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea on 21 August 2009 and immediately joined Championship club Coventry City on loan until the end of December 2009.
12.
Jack Cork's father revealed the day before in a local newspaper, the Lancashire Telegraph, that Cork was looking to leave Chelsea in the summer and was willing to drop down into the Championship in order to do so.
13.
On 7 July 2011, Jack Cork signed for newly promoted Championship club Southampton, after they agreed an undisclosed fee with Chelsea.
14.
Jack Cork scored his first goal on his return to Burnley in an EFL Cup tie against Blackburn Rovers on 23 August 2017.
15.
On 20 June 2022, following relegation to the Championship, Jack Cork signed a new two-year contract with the club.
16.
Jack Cork has represented England at many youth levels, making his under-19 debut against the Czech Republic in May 2007.
17.
Jack Cork captained the England U19 squad to make the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and was part of the under-21 squad at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
18.
On 7 November 2017, Jack Cork was called into the England squad for friendly matches against Germany and Brazil.
19.
On 2 July 2012, Jack Cork was named in Stuart Pearce's 18-man Great Britain squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
20.
Jack Cork played as a substitute in each of Great Britain's three group matches, and was an unused substitute as the team were knocked out by South Korea in the quarter-final.