| Intro | American soccer player |
| Is | Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 11 April 1997, Worcester, USA |
| Age: | 23 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
Alana Cook (born April 11, 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender for French Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the United States national team.
Early life
Cook played high school soccer for The Pennington School, helping guide the team to the 2013 New Jersey Independent Athletic Association title. She was a two-time NSCAA Youth All-America and played in the NSCAA High School All-America Game. Cook’s club team, Match Fit Academy Colchesters, won the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National League title.
Stanford Cardinal
Cook attended the Stanford University from 2015 to 2018 where she got a degree in symbolic systems and was a four year starter for the Stanford Cardinal women’s soccer team, captaining the team in her final two seasons. She was notably named as Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018.
Club career
Paris Saint-Germain
In January 2019, Cook elected to forgo the 2019 NWSL College Draft despite her first round draft grade and instead chose to pursue opportunities in Europe, signing a three-year deal with French Division 1 Féminine team Paris Saint-Germain.
International career
Cook is a former United States youth international having captained the United States U17s. She first made the jump to the U20 level in 2014 and the U23 level in 2017. She later captained the United States U23s in 2019.
Cook is eligible to represent England because of her British father, and she received her first senior international call-up in September 2019 as a training player for England’s friendlies against Portugal and Brazil.
Cook received her first call-up to the United States national team on October 31, 2019.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played October 31, 2019.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | D1 Féminine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Honors
College
Stanford Cardinal
- Pac-12 Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- NCAA Women’s College Cup: 2017
International
- United States U-23
- Nordic Tournament: 2019
Individual
- Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year: 2018
- MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist: 2018
