| Jake King | |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Position: | Full back |
| Youthclubs1: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Years1: | 1971–1982 |
| Clubs1: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Caps1: | 306 |
| Goals1: | 20 |
| Years2: | 1982–1985 |
| Clubs2: | Wrexham |
| Caps2: | 92 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 1985–1986 |
| Clubs3: | Cardiff City |
| Caps3: | 30 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Limerick City |
| Totalcaps: | 428 |
| Totalgoals: | 25 |
| Manageryears1: | 19xx–1999 |
| Managerclubs1: | Telford United |
| Manageryears2: | 1997–1999 |
| Managerclubs2: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Manageryears3: | 20xx–2004 |
| Managerclubs3: | Telford United |
Jake King (born 29 January 1955)[1] is a Scottish football manager and former professional player.
King, who played as a full back, began as an apprentice with Shrewsbury Town, before making his professional debut in 1971. King made a total of 306 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury, scoring 20 goals, before leaving in 1982 to join Wrexham.[2] At Wrexham, King made 92 League appearances, scoring 5 goals.[3] On 3 October 1984, away to FC Porto in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, he scored twice in the first half of a 4–3 away defeat as Wrexham beat the Portuguese on the away goals rule.[4] King's final League club was Cardiff City, where he made 30 appearances, before joining Limerick City in Ireland.[5]
In 1987, King advised then Shrewsbury Town player David Moyes to his first coaching role, at Concord College.[6]
King left his position as manager of Telford United to manage former club Shrewsbury Town in May 1997; he was sacked in November 1999.[7] He later returned to Telford United, before being sacked in April 2004.[8]
King was appointed First Team Coach at Aberystwyth Town in June 2009.[9]
King worked as a chef before his professional playing career and since has also run restaurants. He ran a restaurant in Ireland for five years, commuting from England to personally run the kitchen. He later acquired a public house called The Cross Gates at Ford near Shrewsbury which three years later he converted into a restaurant called Smokestop BBQ, and ran it as an American smokehouse with his wife and son before selling the business in 2016.[10]
Another of King's sons, Jordan, is also a footballer, and played under his father at Telford United.[11]