Carl Cort
Carl Edward Richard Cort ( born 1 November 1977 in Southwark ) is an English footballer Guyanese origin. The striker was in the late 1990s as one of the greatest talents in English football, was occasionally hailed as the " new Pelé " and moved in 2000 to seven million pounds to Newcastle United. After frequent injuries he plays since 2004, mainly in lower class clubs.
Sports career
Carl Cort, whose two younger brother Leon also became a professional player in the Premier League, the footballing career began in his hometown at FC Wimbledon and collected at the beginning of 1997, first experience in the fourth division Lincoln City, where he borrowed in February 2007 for a month had been. Even before the end of the 1996/97 season he came on April 9, 2007 Wimbledon to a 20 - minute short action against Aston Villa ( 0-2) in the English top flight, was on 13 September 2007 in a 3-1 away win the reigning vice-champion Newcastle United for the first time in the starting lineup and at the same time scored his first Premier League goal. Quick was also the English U- 21 team on the fast, technically skilled and prolific "Shooting Star" attentive; where he scored eight goals in twelve international matches and is therefore still one of the most successful English U-21 players. Cort played three full seasons with FC Wimbledon in the Premier League, scored in his last season 1999/2000 for the " Dons " 15 Goals in official matches and moved in the summer of 2000 for the high transfer fee of seven million pounds to Newcastle United, who by this time Sir Bobby Robson was trained.
After a few minutes he scored in the first home game for the " Magpies " against Derby County his first goal. This promising start but after just five appearances suffered an early setback; Cort had early undergo knee surgery and only returned in March 2001 back to the team where he gave an impression of his potential with five goals in ten games. Even in the aftermath Cort had continued to struggle with his knee problems since the joint in the 2001/ 02 season on unstable showed - extensive treatments, including at the American specialist Richard Steadman, were at this time on the agenda. It was not until March 2002, he graduated to the end of the season once again eight league games, which he only once in the subsequent 2002/ 03 in addition to two brief appearances in the Premier League and the Champions League ( 3-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen) League Cup went the full distance. Cort struggled increasingly to the connection to the Erstligamannschaft and after the gym was somewhat restored, the club's management drew a line under the " Personnel Cort " in January 2004 and agreed a sale for two million pounds to the Erstligakonkurrenten to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
With five goals in the remaining games of the season Cort could not longer avoid the descent of the " Wolves ", but his sporting achievements consolidated in the Football League Championship with 16 goals in 40 games of the season 2004/05. At the beginning of the season 2005/ 06 he was with nine goals in the first eleven meetings successfully before he met only twice more after injury setbacks until the conclusion of the season. Ten more scoreless championship games in the 2006/07 season later left the club's management of Wolverhampton Wanderers in May 2007 draw their former hopes and shortly thereafter signed this at second division rivals Leicester City signed a new two -year contract. With the exception of a magnificent strike at the 3:4 League Cup defeat against Chelsea was clear by the end that it was not fair to the expectations. He fell end of December 2007 a " big cleaning Mach Action " by coach Ian Holloway victim was put on the transfer list and left the club on 11 January 2008 " by mutual consent ". On 31 January 2008 the Spanish third division UD Marbella announced the signing of Carl Cort.
Not even a year later Cort returned to England, joined on 9 December 2008 the second division Norwich City and scored on 3 February 2009 at his former club Wolverhampton Wanderers ( 3-3 ) his first goal for the " Canaries ". After the descent of Norwich City in the Football League One in the same year, the parties agreed to the early termination of contract Corts. From then tried this in vain for a trial with Wycombe Wanderers, then found in August 2009 with the third division side FC Brentford a new employer, who first employed him for a period of five months. The contract was extended well after the conclusion of the 2009/10 season as one year thereafter.
Since 2012 he plays for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League.