| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reice Jordan Charles-Cook[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Lewisham, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Indy Eleven | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Chelmsford City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bury | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Coventry City | 52 | (0) |
| 2014 | →Nuneaton Town (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Swindon Town | 22 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | SønderjyskE | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Macclesfield Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Boreham Wood | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Welling United | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Bromley | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Dartford | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Bromley | 32 | (0) |
| 2023 | Havant & Waterlooville | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Welling United | 27 | (0) |
| 2025– | Indy Eleven | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Grenada | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:36, 26 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:30, 24 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Reice Jordan Charles-Cook (born 8 April 1994) is a professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forUSL Championship clubIndy Eleven. Born in England, he represents theGrenada national team.
Charles-Cook began his career atArsenal, and enjoyed a loan spell at non-leagueChelmsford City in February 2013, before signing withBury five months later. He made his debut in theEnglish Football League in March 2014 and then signed withCoventry City four months later. He spent the first part of the 2014–15 season on loan atNuneaton Town and then established him in the starting eleven at Coventry during the 2015–16 season, before losing his place whenTony Mowbray left the club in September 2016. He spent the 2017–18 season atSwindon Town and joinedDanish Superliga clubSønderjyskE in October 2018. He joinedShrewsbury Town in January 2019 and spent the 2019–20 season withMacclesfield Town.
Born and raised inForest Hill,Lewisham, London, Reice-Cook became agoalkeeper after being diagnosed with aheart murmur as a child, which would have been potentially dangerous to an outfield player.[3] He was a youth player atArsenal and made hisunder-21 debut at the age of 14.[3] He signed his first professional contract there in 2012, before joiningChelmsford City of theConference South for a month long loan on 3 February 2013; his brother, Anthony, played for Chelmsford, who needed a stand in for the injuredStuart Searle.[4][5] He made his debut forGlenn Pennyfather's "Clarets" the next day, in a 1–1 home draw withBillericay Town.[6] He returned to theEmirates Stadium after having played a total of three games.[7] He later admitted he found the transition fromacademy player atPremier League giants Arsenal into lower-league football difficult: "I like to have a laugh and that, people say I'm not serious, people like to say: 'You're not at Arsenal anymore.' That's what a lot of managers like to use as an excuse [for not picking me]".[8]
After a trial atBristol City, he signed a one-year contract withBury on 14 July 2013; "Shakers" bossKevin Blackwell commented that "we haven't got a young goalkeeper and Reice fits the bill".[9] His agent,Lee Payne, said that "the goalkeeping coach at Bury isFred Barber. There are not many keeper coaches in the game with a better track record; the opportunity for Reice to be working full-time with Fred is an incredible one for him, and so we were all delighted to grab at it when it arose".[10] He made hisLeague Two debut on 15 March 2014, in a goalless draw atSouthend United; he came on as a half-time substitute forBrian Jensen.[11] He started the next match, a 2–1 defeat atTorquay United.[12] He made no further appearances for the club and leftGigg Lane at the end of the2013–14 season.
On 18 July 2014, Charles-Cook signed a one-year deal withLeague One clubCoventry City, with an option for a second year, after impressing goalkeeping coachSteve Ogrizovic on trial with his athleticism.[3][13] On 1 August, he was loaned out toNuneaton Town in theConference Premier until January; he had already been playing forBrian Reid's "Boro" in pre-season friendlies.[14][15] On 11 October, he was sent off in a 4–1 loss atWelling United, though managerLiam Daish refused to blame him for the defeat.[16] He made a total of 17 appearances atLiberty Way before being recalled from his loan spell by Coventry managerSteven Pressley on 11 November; he also had his contract extended until the end of the2015–16 season; Nuneaton went on to be relegated in last place at the end of the2014–15 campaign.[17]
He made his first-team debut for Coventry on 11 August 2015, in aLeague Cup first-round game atRochdale, which the team lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw.[18] ManagerTony Mowbray said that "he showed brilliant awareness and sharpness, his distribution was good and I was really pleased with him".[19] Following an illness toLee Burge, Charles-Cook made his league debut for Coventry at theRicoh Arena in a 3–0 victory overShrewsbury Town on 3 October.[20] He held onto his first-team place after Burge's full recovery to fitness, keeping a further two clean sheets againstYeovil Town in theFootball League Trophy and againstFleetwood Town in League One. He played the next two matches for Coventry againstBlackpool and Rochdale respectively and kept clean sheets in both, which made him the first Coventry goalkeeper to keep clean sheets in his first four league games and also set a club post-war record for the most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.[21][22][23] He was also named on the Football League Team of the Week for 5–11 October.[24] He signed a new contract in November to commit his future to the "Sky Blues" until June 2018.[25]
Charles-Cook started the2016–17 season as first choice goalkeeper for Coventry.[26] However, he was dropped by interim managerMark Venus after making an error which lead to a goal in a 2–2 draw withAFC Wimbledon on 28 September.[27] Mowbray left the club the following day and Charles-Cook later said that he "was the first to properly trust me and was like a second dad to me, so when he left I didn't really take it well as I've never had someone's trust like that before".[8] He played in five of the club's EFL Trophy games underRussell Slade, though both Slade and his successor,Mark Robins, opted for Burge in league matches.[28] He was an unused substitute as Coventry beatOxford United in the2017 EFL Trophy final atWembley.[29] Speaking in July, Robins denied freezing Charles-Cook out of the first-team picture after signingLiam O'Brien.[30]
On 31 August 2017, Charles-Cook signed a two-year deal with League Two sideSwindon Town.[31] Following the suspension of first-choice goalkeeper,Lawrence Vigouroux, he made his debut for the "Robins" in their 2–1 away defeat againstCheltenham Town on 7 October.[32] He held on to his first-team place following Vigouroux's return, as managerDavid Flitcroft felt his "all-round game has been fantastic and he fully deserves to keep his position".[33] However his place at theCounty Ground was questioned after he conceded a number of late goals in February, which led to him being defended by caretaker managerMatt Taylor.[34] He was dropped however, and featured just once under new bossPhil Brown before he was released by Swindon at the end of the2017–18 season.[35]
Charles-Cook spent time training withCrewe Alexandra, on the recommendation of his former goalkeeping coach Fred Barber.[8] On 4 October 2018, he joinedDanish Superliga sideSønderjyskE on a deal until the end of the year; he was signed to provide competition for experienced German goalkeeperSebastian Mielitz.[36][8] He made one appearance atHaderslev in the fourth round of theDanish Cup on 7 November, a 2–1 loss after extra time toEsbjerg fB.[37]
On 15 January 2019, Charles-Cook returned to English football when he signed for League One sideShrewsbury Town on a deal until the end of the2018–19 season; managerSam Ricketts said that he had acted quickly to fill the gap left byJoel Coleman's recall toHuddersfield Town.[38] He never made his debut at theNew Meadow, and instead sat on the bench behind firstSteve Arnold thenJonathan Mitchell. He was offered a new contract by the "Shrews" in the summer,[39] which he rejected.
Charles-Cook signed for League Two sideMacclesfield Town on a one-year deal on 9 August 2019;[40] six days before managerSol Campbell departed toSouthend United. The good form of loaneeOwen Evans meant that Charles-Cook featured in just three EFL Trophy group games underDaryl McMahon, before Evans was recalled toWigan Athletic, which allowed Charles-Cook to make his league debut atMoss Rose under the stewardship of caretaker-managerDanny Whitaker in a 1–1 draw withOldham Athletic on 11 January; Charles-Cook said that "I loved every minute of it and it's what I've been waiting for".[41][42] Ironically though, new managerMark Kennedy signed Jonathan Mitchell on loan fromDerby County, who again kept Charles-Cook stuck on the bench.[43] He was released on 24 June 2020.[44]
Charles-Cook joinedBoreham Wood on a short-team deal ahead of theNational League playoffs in July 2020.[45] He was released without making any appearances.
Charles-Cook joinedWelling United for the 2020–21 season.
Having trained with the club, Charles-Cook signed for Bromley on 27 August 2021.[46]
On 15 March 2022, Charles-Cook made the move toHampton & Richmond Borough in an emergency move after first-choice goalkeeper,Alan Julian tested positive forCOVID-19.[47]
On 1 April 2022, Charles-Cook made the move toDartford until the end of the season.
On 5 August 2022, it was announced that Charles-Cook had returned to Bromley, following a successful pre-season trial.[48]
On 21 January 2025,USL Championship clubIndy Eleven announced the signing of Charles-Cook ahead of their2025 season.[49] He made his debut for the club on 16 April, in a 1–0 victory overMiami FC in theU.S. Open Cup.[50] His first league appearance came on 28 May in a 4–4 home draw againstHartford Athletic.[51]
Born in England, Charles-Cook is of Grenadian and Jamaican descent. He was called up to represent theGrenada national football team for matches in June 2021.[52] He debuted for Grenada in a 1–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss toAntigua and Barbuda on 4 June 2021.[53]
Charles-Cook is agoalkeeper with excellent shot stopping abilities, athleticism and agility.[30][54]
He is the brother of fellow professional footballersAnthony Cook,Roman Charles-Cook, andRegan Charles-Cook. His late uncle,James, was a former British and Europeansuper middleweightboxing champion.[55]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal | 2012–13[56] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelmsford City (loan) | 2012–13[7] | Conference South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bury | 2013–14[57] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Coventry City | 2014–15[58] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16[59] | League One | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[60] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[61] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Nuneaton Town (loan) | 2014–15[7] | Conference Premier | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Swindon Town | 2017–18[61] | League Two | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| SønderjyskE | 2018–19[7] | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2018–19[62] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 2019–20[63] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Boreham Wood | 2019–20[63] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Welling United | 2020–21[7] | National League South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bromley | 2021–22[7] | National League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | 2021–22[7] | National League South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dartford | 2021–22[7] | National League South | 5 | 0 | — | — | 4[e] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Bromley | 2022–23[7] | National League | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Havant & Waterlooville | 2023–24[7] | National League South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Welling United | 2023–24[7] | National League South | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Indy Eleven | 2025[7] | USL Championship | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 181 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 214 | 0 | ||
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