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Kevin Cooper (footballer)

Kevin Cooper
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Personal information
Full name Kevin Lee Cooper
Date of birth (1975-02-08) 8 February 1975 (age 42)
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Derby County 2 (0)
1997 → (loan) 12 (3)
1997–2001 155 (18)
2001–2002 Wimbledon 51 (13)
2002–2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers 62 (9)
2004 Sunderland (loan) 1 (0)
2004 Norwich City (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2008 Cardiff City 40 (2)
2006 Yeovil Town (loan) 4 (0)
2007 Walsall (loan) 7 (0)
2007 Tranmere Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2008 Chesterfield 7 (1)
2008–2009 Newport County 33 (2)
2010–2011 Neath 33 (2)
Total 404 (50)
Teams managed
2012–2014 Cardiff City U21
2014–2015 Servette
2015–2016 Wil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:28, 11 December 2010 (UTC).

Kevin Lee Cooper (born 8 February 1975) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

Cooper began his career as a trainee at his hometown club Derby County but managed only five first team appearances for the club in total. His league debut came on 7 May 1995, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Watford. In the spring of 1997, he found an opportunity for first team football when he was taken on loan at First Division .

The midfielder joined the Edgeley Park club permanently that summer for £150,000 and went on to make 173 appearances in total over almost four seasons. He eventually moved to Wimbledon in March 2001 for £800,000. He stayed a year with the Dons, notching his best seasonal goal tally of 10 during the 2001-02 season. (Cooper is not to be confused with striker Kevin Cooper, who scored 90 goals for AFC Wimbledon from 2002-4 and was their highest scorer over two seasons). However, he ended the season by being signed by his former Stockport manager Dave Jones, now at Wolverhampton Wanderers, for £1 million in March 2002. His commitment and skill playing for Wimbledon FC won him the fans' player of the year award, which he was presented with on the pitch at Molineux playing for his new team.

He joined Wolves primarily to replace the then-injured Mark Kennedy, and played the remainder of the 2001-02 season as Wolves, who had been challenging for automatic promotion for most of the season, finished in the play-offs. Wolves eventually lost to Norwich City, despite Cooper scoring a spectacular long range goal in the second leg. He then featured regularly, although not as a first choice player, throughout the following season as the team won promotion to the Premier League.


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