Carl Edward Richard Cort ( born 1 November 1977 ) is a early football player who last played as a ahead for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the north american Soccer League. He has previously played for Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City, UD Marbella and Norwich City. Born in England, he represented Guyana at external level.

career [edit ]

Wimbledon [edit ]

Cort, born in London of Guyanese descent, began his career with Wimbledon as a adolescent. He went on a one-month loanword 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. [ 2 ] He had to wait until the begin of the next season to make his second appearance ; on 13 September 1997 Cort started away against Newcastle United and scored in the first infinitesimal as Wimbledon went on to win 3–1. [ 3 ] Three days former he scored twice against Millwall in the League Cup. [ 4 ] A locate in the England under-21s soon followed. Another highlight at Wimbledon was scoring a hat flim-flam against Sunderland in the League Cup in October 1999. [ 5 ]

newcastle United [edit ]

Newcastle boss Bobby Robson paid £7 million to sign Cort on a five-year shrink in the summer of 2000, seeing off competition from Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. [ 6 ] After making his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, [ 7 ] he scored on his Newcastle home debut, against Derby County, [ 8 ] but struggled with hamstring problems and undergo surgery after entirely a few appearances for his new club. He did finally return to the beginning team in March 2001, and went on to score five goals in ten appearances before the season ended. In the 2001–02 season, wound ruined his season again. Cort was ruled out until March due to injuries to his ankle and stifle. 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 shock in the Premier League. His only league appearance in the 2002–03 season was a four-minute cameo as a ersatz at West Ham .

Wolverhampton Wanderers [edit ]

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 phase improved and he scored 16 goals in 40 appearances. Wolves had an indifferent temper in 2005–06. Cort began the season well, scoring nine goals in the first base 11 matches. Injury interrupted his season again, and by the end of May, Cort had added lone two more to his run, 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 [edit ]

On 8 June 2007, Cort signed a biennial contract with Leicester City. [ 9 ] He scored his only goal for the club in a 4–3 League Cup get the better of to Chelsea on 31 October. [ 10 ] Although it won Leicester City ‘s Goal of the Month for October, [ 11 ] Cort failed to score a single league finish, and he was transplant listed on 23 December. [ 12 ] He was released by the clubhouse by common accept on 11 January. [ 13 ]

Marbella [edit ]

On 30 January, Cort joined spanish club UD Marbella, who were then playing in the Segunda División B. [ 14 ]

Norwich City [edit ]

Cort returned to England when he signed for Norwich City on 9 December 2008 until the end of the 2008–09 season. [ 15 ] He made his debut for Norwich against Reading at the Madejski Stadium and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 guide at Wolves on 3 February 2009. [ 16 ] This was his beginning league finish since March 2006, when he netted for Wolves in a championship regular at Hull City. [ 17 ] Following Norwich ‘s relegation to League One Cort left the baseball club after having his abridge terminated by common accept. [ 18 ]

Brentford [edit ]

After leaving Norwich, Cort went on trial with Wycombe Wanderers but was not offered a abridge. [ 19 ] He belated went on to sign for Brentford on a five-month deal, which was then extended to the end of the season. [ 20 ] 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. [ 21 ] In June 2010, Cort signed a modern annual condense at Brentford, but was late released in January 2011.

AFC Wimbledon [edit ]

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

Tampa Bay Rowdies [edit ]

On 10 August 2012, Tampa Bay Rowdies announced they had signed Cort. [ 22 ]

personal biography [edit ]

He is the elder brother of chap professional football player Leon Cort, and the younger brother of non-League football player Wayne Cort. He is besides the stepbrother of Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek. [ 23 ]

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As of match played 27 July 2014

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