{{Short description|Bermudian footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ian Coke | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|16|df=y}}<ref>{{Soccerway|new_id=coke-ian/WWPLmeT7}}</ref><ref>{{Worldfootball.net|ian-coke|new_id=pe444378}}</ref> | birth_place = Hamilton, Bermuda | height = | position = Midfielder, forward | currentclub = Dandy Town Hornets | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Boulevard Blazers | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = Devonshire Colts | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2012–2014 | clubs3 = Hamilton Parish | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2014–2017 | clubs4 = Boulevard Blazers | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2017– | clubs5 = Dandy Town Hornets | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = Bermuda | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | club-update = 15:00, 19 June 2017 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 14:53, 19 June 2017 (UTC) }}
'''Ian Coke''' (born 16 June 1996) is a Bermudian footballer who plays for the Dandy Town Hornets of the Bermudian Premier Division and the Bermuda national team.
==Club career== Coke has played for Hamilton Parish.<ref name="new-look squad">{{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}}</ref> He has also played for the Devonshire Colts.<ref name="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}}</ref> He won the Young Player of the Year Award for the Bermudian First Division with the club in 2012.<ref name="MVP">{{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}}</ref> Coke transferred from Hamilton Parish to his boyhood club, Boulevard Blazers, in 2014. In his first season back with the club, he scored 22 league goals and helped the club with the first division title.<ref name="scoring form">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="‘Dream come true’">{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name="ISL">{{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}}</ref>
In June 2017 Coke signed for fellow Bermudian club Dandy Town Hornets.<ref name="Town">{{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}}</ref>
==International career== Coke was part of Bermuda's squad for 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.<ref name="U-20s">{{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}}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He scored in a 2–0 victory over Puerto Rico in the group stage.<ref name="Tournament Recap">{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="CFD profile">{{cite web|title=CFD profile|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bermuda/players/iancoke.html|publisher=Caribbean Football Database|accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> Coke had often found himself down the pecking order behind European-based players Nahki Wells, Rai Simons, and Jonte Smith.<ref name="scoring form"/>
==Career statistics== Score and result list Bermuda's goal tally first.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- |{{Center|1}} ||11 September 2012 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|Saint Martin}} || {{Center|'''7'''–0}} || {{Center|8–0}} || 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification |- |{{Center|2}} ||rowspan=2|10 June 2017 || rowspan=2|Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada || rowspan=2|{{fb|Grenada}} || {{Center|'''1'''–0}} || rowspan=2|{{Center|2–0}} || rowspan=2| Friendly |- |{{Center|3}} || {{Center|'''2'''–0}} |- | colspan="7"|<small>Last updated 19 June 2017</small> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bermuda/players/iancoke.html Caribbean Football Database profile] * {{Soccerway|new_id=coke-ian/WWPLmeT7}} * {{NFT|48659<!-- /Ian_Coke -->}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coke, Ian}} Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:People from Hamilton Parish Category:Bermudian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Bermuda men's international footballers