Neil Cox
Personal information
Full name	Neil James Cox
Date of birth	8 October 1971 (1971-10-08) (age 38)
Place of birth	Scunthorpe, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1991 1991–1994 1994–1997 1997–1999 1999–2005 2005–2006 2006-2008	Scunthorpe United Aston Villa Middlesbrough Bolton Wanderers Watford Cardiff City Crewe Alexandra Total	017 0(1) 040 0(3) 106 0(3) 080 0(7) 219 (20) 027 0(2) 058 0(1) 547 (37)
National team
1993–1994	England U21	006 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Neil "The Cavoder" Cox (born 8 October 1971 in Scunthorpe) is a retired English professional footballer. He has spent most of his career playing as a central defender or right-back his final club was League One outfit Crewe Alexandra. Cox signed for Crewe in June 2006 after being released by Cardiff City.^[1]

Cox has also played for Scunthorpe United, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Watford, and Bolton Wanderers. He has also been capped at Under-21 level by England.

Cox retired at the end of the season and the home game against Oldham Athletic was his final game of his career. His retirement could see him take up a coaching role at an unnamed Premiership club.^[2]

Cox is now a property developer in Portugal according to "where are they now" shown on sky sports.

[edit] Honours

• Football League Cup: 1994; Runner-up 1997

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Neil Cox career stats at Soccerbase

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