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Mark Cooper (footballer born 1968)

Mark Cooper
Mark Cooper Millwall Vs Swindon Town (22068481830) (cropped).jpg
Cooper pictured in January 2011
Personal information
Full name Mark Nicholas Cooper
Date of birth (1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth Wakefield, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Forest Green Rovers (manager)
Youth career
000?–1987 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Bristol City 0 (0)
1989–1991 Exeter City 50 (12)
1990 Southend United (loan) 5 (0)
1991–1992 Birmingham City 39 (4)
1992–1994 Fulham 14 (0)
1993 Huddersfield Town (loan) 10 (4)
1994 Wycombe Wanderers 2 (1)
1994–1996 Exeter City 88 (20)
1996–1997 Hartlepool United 31 (9)
1997 Macclesfield Town (loan) 8 (2)
1997–1998 Leyton Orient 1 (0)
1998–2000 Rushden & Diamonds 17 (8)
1999–2000 Telford United (loan) 5 (1)
2000–2001 Hednesford Town 24 (4)
2001–2002 Forest Green Rovers 48 (18)
2002–2007 Tamworth 104 (31)
2007 Hinckley United 15 (1)
2007–2009 Kettering Town 1 (1)
Total 457 (115)
Teams managed
2004–2007 Tamworth
2007–2009 Kettering Town
2009–2010 Peterborough United
2010–2011 Darlington
2012 Kettering Town
2013 AFC Telford United
2013–2015 Swindon Town
2016 Notts County
2016– Forest Green Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mark Nicholas Cooper (born 18 December 1968) is an English former association football player and manager. He was a midfielder as a player. He was appointed manager of Forest Green Rovers in May 2016.

Cooper followed his father Terry into the sport, starting his career with Bristol City in 1987. During a 22-year playing career he was at 17 clubs, including three on loan and two spells at Exeter City. He played 457 league games, during which he scored 115 goals, with his five-year spell at non-league Tamworth being his longest at any club. At two of his final three clubs, he also combined the role with being manager. He then went into management full-time, with clubs both outside and within the Football League.

Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Cooper's football career started in 1987, where he first appeared on the books of Bristol City as a trainee, but never made any first team appearances for the club. After two seasons with the Robins, Cooper moved on to Exeter City, managed by his father, in October 1989. He played 50 games and scored 12 goals for the south-western club, and during his time with The Grecians, Mark went on loan to Southend United, where he only made 5 appearances.

In September 1991, Cooper joined Birmingham City. He played a total of 39 games, and scored 4 goals for the Midlands club. Cooper next signed for London club Fulham for a £40,000 fee. After only 14 games for the club, and a brief loan spell with Huddersfield Town in 1993, he moved on to Wycombe Wanderers, before returning for a second spell with Exeter City in February 1994.


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