Jack Cork

Jack Cork
Cork playing for Swansea City in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jack Frank Porteous Cork
Date of birth (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989
Place of birth Carshalton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Burnley (first team coach)
Youth career
1998–2006 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Chelsea 0 (0)
2006AFC Bournemouth (loan) 4 (0)
2007AFC Bournemouth (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2008Scunthorpe United (loan) 34 (2)
2008–2009Southampton (loan) 23 (0)
2009Watford (loan) 19 (0)
2009Coventry City (loan) 21 (0)
2010Burnley (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2011Burnley (loan) 40 (3)
2011–2015 Southampton 114 (2)
2015–2017 Swansea City 80 (2)
2017–2024 Burnley 184 (4)
Total 533 (14)
International career
2005 England U16 3 (0)
2005–2006 England U17 7 (0)
2006 England U18 1 (0)
2007–2008 England U19 14 (0)
2009 England U20 1 (0)
2008–2011 England U21 13 (0)
2012 Great Britain Olympic 4 (0)
2017 England 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack Frank Porteous Cork (born 25 June 1989) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently a first-team coach at Premier League club Burnley.

Cork started off his career with Chelsea but between 2006 and 2011, he went on loan to a number of clubs, including Scunthorpe United where he was named player of the year. Without making an appearance for Chelsea, he signed permanently to Championship club Southampton in 2011 where he made over 100 appearances for them and helped them gain promotion to the Premier League by featuring in all their matches. 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. He spent six seasons with Burnley, one of which was a title winning EFL Championship campaign, before his contract expired in June 2024.

Cork featured for England from U16 in 2005 to U21 between 2008 and 2011, the Great Britain Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics and once for the senior England national team.