 Pike in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1983 (age 40–41)[1][2] | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Enfield Colts | |||
| Enfield | |||
| 1996 | Leyton Orient | ||
| Stevenage Borough | |||
Sonny Pike (born 1983) is an English former footballer who became famous at a young age for his talent, which saw him being compared to players regarded as among the greatest of all time, such as Diego Maradona and George Best.[3] Despite his early promise, Pike left the game at the age of 18 without ever having played professionally.[4]
- ^ "First Person Plural". radiolistings.co.uk. 14 January 1996. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
Twelve year old Sonny Pike is a footballing genius
- ^ "Back to the future: Sonny Pike returns to Ajax". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Too much too young?". BBC News. 23 June 1999. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Lost soccer talents: teen players who sparkled too early". 90soccer.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.