Shaun Cummings

Reading Cummings made his debut for the "Royals" on 12 September 2009, in a 0–0 draw with Doncaster Rovers at the Madejski Stadium. However he was unable to hold down a regular starting place, making just seven further appearances under Rodgers. With Reading struggling in the league, Rodgers was sacked in December and under his successor, Brian McDermott, Cummings did not make another appearance for the rest of the 2009–10 season. He was an unused substitute at Wembley in the play-off final defeat to Swansea City, who were managed by former Reading boss Brendan Rodgers.

Cummings signed a one-year extension to his contract in August 2011, keeping him with the club until June 2013. Despite again starting the season as backup to Griffin, an injury to the experienced defender allowed Cummings into the team and a series of impressive performances saw him cement his place in the side. He made a total of 36 appearances in the 2011–12 campaign during Reading's title-winning season as they returned to the Premier League with the tightest defence in the Championship. With the signing of Chris Gunter in July 2012, Cummings again found himself out of the side for the start of the Premier League season. He returned to the team for the 3–2 League Cup win over Queens Park Rangers and played the next four games before Gunter reclaimed his place in the side. He signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract in December 2012, and a further run of games in December and January followed, before he again dropped out of the side after Stephen Kelly joined during the January transfer window. He did not appear again during the 2012–13 season under McDermott or his successor Nigel Adkins, with his last of eleven appearances coming on 5 January in the 3–1 FA Cup win over Crawley Town. However he only played 31 minutes for Reading after Steve Clarke took charge in December. He played 12 games for the "Lions" as the club suffered relegation at the end of the 2014–15 season. He scored the second goal of his career after his cross was bungled in by goalkeeper Dan Bentley in a 4–0 win at Southend United on 28 December. He played 20 games during the 2015–16 season, but was not in the match day squad for the play-off final defeat to Barnsley as he had been sidelined since February following an operation to repair cartilage damage in his knee.

On 7 January 2017, he scored his third career goal in a 3–0 victory over Premier League side AFC Bournemouth in the FA Cup third round. He also played in the 1–0 victory over Watford in the following round, before scoring the only goal of the game in the fifth round as Millwall knocked out a third consecutive Premier League club at The Den, beating Leicester City with one of the last kicks of the game. The cup run came to an end at White Hart Lane in the quarter-finals, as Millwall were beaten 6–0 by a strong Tottenham Hotspur side. Cummins played a total of 23 games during the 2016–17 season, though missed the play-off final victory over Bradford City after being substituted in the first leg of the semi-final tie with Scunthorpe United. He was offered a new contract by manager Neil Harris in May 2017.

Rotherham United Cummings joined Rotherham United on a one-year deal on 9 August 2017, after impressing manager Paul Warne on trial, who hoped he would provide competition for right-back Josh Emmanuel. He struggled to get into the "Millers" first-team, featuring 15 times during the 2017–18 season, and only once after Christmas. He left the New York Stadium after being released by Rotherham at the end of the season.

Doncaster Rovers Cummings joined Scunthorpe United on trial in July 2018. Assistant manager Cliff Byrne said that his signing would provide cover for the injured Joe Wright. He played only five games during the 2018–19 season.

Cummings joined Port Vale on trial in July 2019.

International career Despite being born in England, Cummings was provisionally called up to the Jamaica squad in May 2013 for three 2014 World Cup qualifying matches. He made his debut four months later on 6 September, in a 0–0 draw away to Panama. He won a second cap in a 1–1 home draw with Costa Rica on 10 September. He was an alternative player on the provisional squad list for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but did not make it into the final 23. His third and final cap came in a 3–0 defeat away to South Korea on 13 October 2015.

Style of play Cummings is a right-back, though can also play at wing-back and has stated his willingness to play in any outfield position.

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Honours Reading Football League Championship: 2011–12

Rotherham United EFL League One play-offs: 2018