Ian Coke

Coke has played for Hamilton Parish.{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Stephen|title=Nusum to skipper new-look squad|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120905/sport/709059958|publisher=Royal Gazette|accessdate=19 June 2017}} He has also played for the Devonshire Colts.{{cite web|last1=Dechabert|first1=Derek|title=Colts slump to home defeat|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110110/SPORT01/701109997|publisher=Royal Gazette|accessdate=19 June 2017}} He won the Young Player of the Year Award for the Bermudian First Division with the club in 2012.{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Stephen|title=Talisman Beach crowned top-flight MVP|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20121031/SPORT01/710309903|publisher=Royal Gazette|accessdate=19 June 2017}} Coke transferred from Hamilton Parish to his boyhood club, Boulevard Blazers F.C., in 2014. In his first season back with the club, he scored 22 league goals and helped the club with the first division title.{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Stephen|title=Coke hopes scoring form earns him call-up|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20160216/SPORT01/160219794|publisher=Royal Gazette|accessdate=19 June 2017}} He was named the MVP of the Bermudian Premier Division in 2017 after scoring 15 goals for Boulevard, tied for most in the league with Angelo Simmons of Dandy Town Hornets, after missing a chunk of the season to injury.{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Stephen|title=‘Dream come true’ for surprised Coke|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/article/20170424/dream-come-true-for-surprised-coke|publisher=Royal Gazette|accessdate=19 June 2017}}

Coke has also played in the Island Soccer League and was selected as a member of the league's all-star team which competed against a representative team from the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2011. Coke scored a goal in the eventual 3–9 defeat.{{cite web|title=Football: MISL All Stars Beat ISL All Stars 9-3|url=http://bernews.com/2011/08/football-misl-all-stars-beat-isl-9-3/|publisher=BerNews|accessdate=19 June 2017}}

In June 2017 Coke signed for fellow Bermudian club Dandy Town Hornets.{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Colin|title=Town pull off Coke transfer swoop|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/article/20170718/town-pull-off-coke-transfer-swoop|publisher=The Royal Gazette|accessdate=17 August 2017}}

Coke was part of Bermuda's squad for 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.{{cite web|title=U-20s step up World Cup preparation|url=http://www.bermudasun.bm/Content/NEWS/News/Article/U-20s-step-up-World-Cup-preparation/24/270/37882|publisher=Bermuda Sun|accessdate=19 June 2017}} He scored in a 2–0 victory over Puerto Rico in the group stage.{{cite web|title=Trinidad and Tobago 2009 Tournament Recap|url=http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20U20%20Men%202009.pdf|publisher=CONCACAF|accessdate=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Coke made his senior international debut on 7 September 2012 in a 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Puerto Rico. His scored his first international goal four days later in a match against Saint Martin in the same competition.{{cite web|title=CFD profile|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bermuda/players/iancoke.html|publisher=Caribbean Football Database|accessdate=19 June 2017}} Coke had often found himself down the pecking order behind European-based players Nahki Wells, Rai Simons, and Jonte Smith.

Score and result list Bermuda's goal tally first.

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• [http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bermuda/players/iancoke.html Caribbean Football Database profile]
• {{Soccerway|ian-coke/265221}}
• {{NFT|48659}}

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Category:Living people

Category:People from Hamilton Parish

Category:Men's association football forwards

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