Colm Cooper
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born |
3 June 1983 Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Nickname | The Gooch | ||
| Occupation | Bank official | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2000–present | Dr Crokes | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 6 | ||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2002–2017 | Kerry | 85 (23-283) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 10 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NFL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 8 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:45, 4 April 2017. | |||
Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017.
Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Cooper was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Mike Cooper, had a strong involvement with the Dr. Crokes club, serving as a minor and junior selector.
Cooper played competitive Gaelic football as a student at St. Brendan's College, however, his tenure coincided with a downturn in fortunes for the college. He first appeared for the Dr. Crokes club at underage levels, before making his debut with the senior team in 2000. An All-Ireland medal winners with the club in 2017, Cooper has also won five Munster medals and six county senior championship medals.
Cooper made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team in 2000. He enjoyed one championship season with the minor team, culminating with the winning of a Munster medal in 2001. Cooper subsequently joined the Kerry under-21 team, winning a Munster medal in 2002. By this stage he had also joined the Kerry senior team, making his debut during the 2002 league. Over the course of the next fifteen years, Cooper won five All-Ireland medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 2004, back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007, a fourth title in 2009 and a final championship as a non-playing substitute in 2014. He also won nine Munster medals, three National Football League medals and was named Texaco Footballer of the Year in 2004. He played his last game for Kerry against Dublin in August 2016 before announcing his retirement from inter-county football on 4 April 2017.
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