Josh Dacres-Cogley

Josh Dacres-Cogley

Dacres-Cogley with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Joshua Jacob Dacres-Cogley[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[3]
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 25
Youth career
2011–2015 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Birmingham City 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:35, 27 November 2016 (UTC).


Joshua Jacob Dacres-Cogley (born 12 March 1996), sometimes referred to as Josh Cogley, is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Birmingham City. A full back, he made his senior debut in the EFL Cup in August 2016.

Early life and career

Dacres-Cogley attended Myton School, Warwick.[4] He joined Birmingham City F.C.'s academy in 2011,[3] and took up a scholarship in July 2012.[1] Interviewed in January 2014, the player assessed his strengths as speed, stamina, getting forward and defending, but felt he needed to improve his passing.[2] When some of his peers signed their first professional contracts, Dacres-Cogley accepted a third-year scholarship.[5] He played in the Birmingham team – a mixture of first-team and reserve players – that won the 2014–15 Birmingham Senior Cup,[6] and signed his first professional contract, of one year, a few days later.[7] According to coach Steve Spooner, Dacres-Cogley had an unsuccessful trial with Birmingham as a winger, but when he returned as a full back, "he did very well so we signed him as a scholar. He has really progressed well and worked on his overall game and his variety of passing. That part of game has really come to fruition. He is a wonderful athlete, he's quick and has the ability to get forward and back quickly, which is a prerequisite for a modern day full-back.[7]

He performed well in pre-season matches, and manager Gary Rowett had hoped to loan him out to a Football League team, but an injury prevented any such move.[8] At the end of the 2015–16 season, Dacres-Cogley was an unused substitute for the Birmingham reserve team that lost the 2016 Birmingham Senior Cup final to National League North champions Solihull Moors,[9] and the club took up their option for another year on his contract.[10] Ahead of the 2015–16 season, he was one of three youngsters who began their pre-season training with the first team,[11] and he impressed enough to be included in first-team friendlies.[12] Against Port Vale, he provided the crosses that led to both Birmingham's goals,[13] and a couple of days later was given a squad number.[14]

Birmingham City senior career

Dacres-Cogley made his senior debut on 9 August in the EFL Cup first-round match at home to Oxford United. He played the whole 120 minutes of the match, which Birmingham lost 1–0 after extra time.[15] With Jonathan Spector suspended and Paul Caddis injured,[16] he made his first Football League appearance on 26 November, starting the visit to Brentford at right back. Birmingham won 2–1, and Rowett praised Dacres-Cogley's performance, saying "he played with a lot of composure at times, showed good energy, got through the game in terms of his athleticism and fitness. And when he had to defend and win some headers he certainly did that."[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2016–17[18] Championship100010—20

    References

    1. 1 2 "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2012 and 31/07/2012" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 40. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    2. 1 2 "Blue kid on the block – Josh Cogley". Birmingham City F.C. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    3. 1 2 "Birmingham City FC Player Profiles: Josh Cogley". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
    4. ↑ "Coventry Telegraph Schoolboy Cup: Fifth time lucky for Myton School boys". Coventry Telegraph. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    5. ↑ Tattum, Colin (21 March 2014). "Blues: Emyr on the mend and Robbo is okay". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    6. ↑ Lewis, Peter (30 April 2015). "Blues win the Senior Cup". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    7. 1 2 Lewis, Peter (6 May 2015). "Youngsters sign first pro deals". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    8. ↑ Dick, Brian (15 July 2016). "Read Gary Rowett's message to Birmingham City rookie". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    9. ↑ Dick, Brian (5 May 2016). "Birmingham Senior Cup final: Birmingham City U21s 1 Solihull Moors 2". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    10. ↑ "Young Blues prospects rewarded with new professional deals". Birmingham City F.C. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    11. ↑ Dick, Brian (1 July 2016). "Birmingham City comment: Absentees, photographer's cases and the calm before the storm as Blues return to pre-season training". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    12. ↑ Dick, Brian (13 July 2016). "Birmingham City youngster Josh Cogley made the most of his first team chance". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    13. ↑ "Report: Port Vale 0 Blues 2". Birmingham City F.C. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    14. ↑ Birmingham City F.C. [BCFC] (29 July 2016). "NEWS: .@joshDCogley (number 25) and @S123Jack (number 38) have been handed First Team squad numbers #BCFC" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via Twitter.
    15. ↑ "Birmingham City v Oxford United". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
    16. ↑ Dick, Brian (22 November 2016). "Birmingham City youngster Josh Dacres-Cogley excited by prospect of fulfilling 'dream'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
    17. ↑ Dick, Brian (26 November 2016). "Gary Rowett's verdict on Birmingham City debutant". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
    18. ↑ "Games played by Josh Dacres-Cogley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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