Ronnie Cocks
Ronnie Cocks (born August 1, 1943 in Gżira , Malta ; † May 16, 2017 there ) was a Maltese football player in the position of a striker . Cocks was twice the top scorer in the Maltese League and was voted Footballer of the Year in Malta in the 1965/66 season . After his active career, Cocks worked as a trainer for around twenty years .
Life
societies
Ronnie Cocks started his career at Gżira United , for whom he made his debut in the second division against the Żejtun Corinthians at the age of 13 . Before the 1963/64 season he moved to the Sliema Wanderers , with whom he was under contract for more than a decade. In between, he completed a year-long guest appearance in 1967 in the NPSL, which existed only in that season, a US professional league at the time in which he played for the Pittsburgh Phantoms . He then spent a few more months with the NASL playing San Diego Toros before returning to the Sliema Wanderers. For the 1975/76 season Cocks was sold to the second division club Ħamrun Spartans , with whom he succeeded in immediate promotion to the first division . In 1978 he joined the Pietà Hotspurs before returning to his first club, Gżira United, in whose ranks he let his active career end.
His best experience as a club player is linked to his goal, which he scored in the second round of the 1971/72 European Cup after just 30 seconds to lead Celtic Glasgow 1-0.
National team
Cocks played a total of twenty international appearances for the Maltese national team , of which he particularly remembered the game in Wembley against England (0: 5) on May 12, 1971, when he was given the honor of captaining his team on the “holy Lawn ”.
The two 1-0 victories against Libya are also of particular memory for him , because the first game on February 13, 1966 was the first international win by an official Maltese football team and he scored the decisive goal in the second win just six weeks later, which at the same time was his only international goal.
successes
- Maltese champion : 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972
- Maltese Cup Winner : 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974
- Malta's Footballer of the Year : 1966
- Maltese League top scorer : 1966, 1970
Web links
- Sport Interview: He Won every local football honor. In: Malta Independent, October 4, 2005 (English)
- Ronnie Cocks in the weltfussball.de database
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Cocks: Malta, Wanderers icon Ronnie Cocks passes away, aged 73. In: maltatoday.com.mt. MediaToday Ltd., May 16, 2017, accessed on May 16, 2017 .
- ^ Malta - List of Topscorers at RSSSF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cocks, Ronnie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maltese soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gżira , Malta |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 2017 |
| Place of death | Gżira , Malta |