James Coppinger
Coppinger in action for Doncaster in April 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | James Coppinger | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Guisborough, England | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Doncaster Rovers | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Darlington | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Newcastle United | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2001 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Exeter City | 82 | (13) |
| 2004– | Doncaster Rovers | 457 | (51) |
| 2012 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | England U16 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:10, 22 January 2017 (UTC). |
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James Coppinger (born 18 January 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Doncaster Rovers in League Two.
Coppinger is in his 13th season at the club, and is the only player to reach 500 first-class appearances for Doncaster. He is a former England under-16 international.
Born in Guisborough near Middlesbrough, Coppinger started his career as a trainee for Darlington in 1998, though he was signed by fellow North-East side Newcastle United before he even made an appearance. He moved to Newcastle in a £500,000 joint deal with 17-year-old with Paul Robinson in March 1998 when Kenny Dalglish was manager. Coppinger struggled to make any impact while coming through the Newcastle ranks, playing just once as a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur in August 2000.
After two loan spells at Hartlepool United and Queens Park Rangers, Coppinger's contract at Newcastle was ended by mutual consent and in July 2002 he moved to Exeter City.
He made his debut at Shrewsbury Town on 10 August 2002, netting his first goal two weeks later against Torquay United.
Coppinger admitted in 2015 that when Exeter were relegated, he was very close to quitting football. He said: “I had a lot of negative things going on in my life. I had a fear of failing – and also a fear of success. The way I was going and the way I was thinking, before I met Terry [Gormley, a motivational speaker], it was only a matter of time before I came out of football.”
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