Sam Cosgrove

Sam Cosgrove (born 2 December 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aberdeen, as a striker.[1][2]

Sam Cosgrove

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-12-02) 2 December 1996
Place of birth	Beverley, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Aberdeen
Number	16
Youth career
	Everton
2013–2015	Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Wigan Athletic	0	(0)
2015	→ Barrow (loan)	5	(0)
2015	→ Chorley (loan)	1	(0)
2017	→ North Ferriby United (loan)	14	(0)
2017–2018	Carlisle United	8	(1)
2018–	Aberdeen	65	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:03, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Born in Beverley,[1] Cosgrove grew up in Cheshire and attended Knutsford High School.[3] He began his youth career at Everton before signing scholarship forms with Wigan Athletic in 2013. He had spells on loan at Barrow,[4] Chorley,[5] and North Ferriby United,[6] but made only one first team appearance for Wigan as a late substitute in the EFL Cup against Oldham Athletic in August 2016. After being released by the club, he moved to Carlisle United in August 2017.[7] He made eight league appearances for Carlisle, and scored his first senior goal on 13 January 2018 in a 1–0 win against Crewe Alexandra.[8]

On 31 January 2018, he joined Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.[9][10] He was sent off on his debut for Aberdeen, a 2–0 defeat against Celtic on 25 February.[11] After scoring a number of goals in December 2018, he was awarded Scottish Premiership player of the month.[12] In January 2019, Cosgrove signed a contract extension until 2022 with the Dons.[13]

In August 2019 his form was praised by Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes.[14] Later that month he was linked in Italian media with a transfer to Lazio,[15] which was denied by Aberdeen.[16] In December 2019 Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack confirmed the club had received no offers or approaches from other clubs for Cosgrove or teammate Scott McKenna.[17]

In July 2020, Aberdeen accepted a bid from French club Guingamp for Cosgrove, but the player rejected the move.[18]

Career statistics

As of 1 March 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wigan Athletic	2015–16[19]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[20]	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Barrow (loan)	2015–16[1]	National League	5	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	5	0
Chorley (loan)	2015–16[1]	National League North	1	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	1	0
North Ferriby United (loan)	2016–17[1]	National League	14	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	14	0
Carlisle United	2017–18[21]	League Two	8	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	12	1
Aberdeen	2017–18[21]	Scottish Premiership	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2018–19[22]		35	17	5	4	2	0	2	0	44	21
	2019–20[23]		25	11	4	3	2	3	6	6	37	23
	Total		65	28	10	7	4	3	8	6	87	44
Career total			93	29	11	7	6	3	10	6	120	45

References

1. Sam Cosgrove at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. Sam Cosgrove at Soccerbase
3. "Sam Cosgrove Feature". Aberdeen Football Club. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
4. "Barrow AFC: Sam Cosgrove and George Williams join on loan". BBC Sport. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
5. "SAM COSGROVE JOINS CHORLEY FC ON LOAN". Wigan Athletic F.C. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
6. Phil Withers (20 January 2017). "Sam Cosgrove signed on loan from Wigan Athletic". North Ferriby United A.F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
7. "Carlisle United sign ex-Wigan striker Sam Cosgrove and Liverpool keeper Shamal George". BBC Sport. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
8. "Carlisle United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
9. "STRIKER SAM JOINS DONS ON DEADLINE DAY". Aberdeen F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
10. "Aberdeen sign goalkeeper Freddie Woodman and striker Sam Cosgrove". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
11. "Rob Maclean: Murphy's timely form, Cosgrove red & Woods redemption". BBC Sport. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
12. "Derek McInnes and Sam Cosgrove Awards reaction". afc.co.uk. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
13. "DONS TOP SCORER SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION". afc.co.uk. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
14. "Aberdeen's Sam Cosgrove 'proving doubters wrong' - Derek McInnes". BBC Sport. 1 August 2019.
15. "Mercato Lazio, nome nuovo dalla Scozia per l'attacco. Cosgrove dell'Aberdeen".
16. "Sam Cosgrove: Aberdeen say no Lazio contact after Italian report". BBC Sport. 21 August 2019.
17. "Aberdeen: No offers for Sam Cosgrove & Scott McKenna, says chairman". 16 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
18. "Sam Cosgrove: Aberdeen accept over £2m offer but striker turns down move". BBC Sport. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
19. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
20. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
21. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
22. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
23. "Games played by Sam Cosgrove in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.