Nick Pope (footballer)

Nick Pope
Pope playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016
Personal information
Full name Nicholas David Pope
Date of birth (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Soham, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[note 1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[3]
Team information
Current team
Newcastle United
Number 22
Youth career
200?–2008 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Team Bury[a] 16 (0)
2010–2011 Bury Town 5 (0)
2011–2016 Charlton Athletic 33 (0)
2011Harrow Borough (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012Welling United (loan) 2 (0)
2012Welling United (loan) 2 (0)
2013Cambridge United (loan) 9 (0)
2013Aldershot Town (loan) 5 (0)
2013York City (loan) 2 (0)
2014York City (loan) 20 (0)
2015Bury (loan) 22 (0)
2016–2022 Burnley 141 (0)
2022– Newcastle United 63 (0)
International career
2018– England 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Nicholas David Pope (born 19 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.

Pope started his career in Ipswich Town's youth teams and after being released aged 16, he joined Bury Town. He signed for League One club Charlton Athletic in May 2011, before having loan spells with Harrow Borough, Welling United, Cambridge United, Aldershot Town, York City and Bury. In July 2016, Pope joined Premier League club Burnley, where he remained until the club's relegation in May 2022, after which he signed for Newcastle the following month.

In 2018, Pope made his debut for the England national team, and has been a member of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup squads.

  1. ^ "Nick Pope". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
    "Nick Pope: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
    "Nick Pope". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cunningham, Sam (13 September 2019). "'I had to start again': Nick Pope on his path from public school boy to Premier League star". i. London. Retrieved 16 July 2020. I ask Pope how tall he is. "Six-foot-six-inches-ish," he replies. "The average door is six-foot-six-inches… I've banged my head on a few!"
    Boden, Chris (11 June 2020). "Burnley keeper Nick Pope on becoming a student of the game". Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Retrieved 16 July 2020. I'm 6ft 6, so it's easier to imagine myself and build things into my game from goalkeepers of a similar size.
  3. ^ "Nick Pope". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 March 2020.


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