Mark Cooper (footballer born 1968)
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Cooper pictured in January 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Nicholas Cooper | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Forest Green Rovers (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–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. |
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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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