Shaun Cooper

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Shaun Cooper
Personal information
Full name Shaun David Cooper[1]
Date of birth (1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Newport, Isle of Wight
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Portsmouth 7 (0)
2003–2004 → Leyton Orient (loan) 9 (0)
2004 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2012 AFC Bournemouth 211 (1)
2012–2013 Crawley Town 8 (0)
2013 → Portsmouth (loan) 14 (2)
2013–2014 Portsmouth 10 (0)
2014 Torquay United 0 (0)
2014–2016 Sutton United 48 (1)
2016 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Poole Town 29 (1)
Total 351 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shaun David Cooper (born 5 October 1983) is an English retired professional footballer. He is currently an assistant manager at Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.

Career[edit]

Cooper was a product of Portsmouth's youth system. He made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw at Crystal Palace in March 2002 and featured in six more games in the remainder of the campaign. However, he failed to break into the first team the next season, as Portsmouth won the Division One title. Despite this he was offered a new two-year contract.[3] He spent most of the 2003–04 season on loan at Leyton Orient, playing nine games.

The next season (2004–05) he was again loaned out, this time to Kidderminster Harriers.

Cooper left the club in June 2005, signing for AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer. After spending seven years at the club, he was offered a new contract at a reduced wage by new manager Paul Groves; turning this down, he left the club.

On 25 June 2012, Cooper joined Crawley Town on a free transfer. Six months later, he joined Portsmouth on loan.[4] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth on 13 April 2013, against Brentford.[5] It was subsequently confirmed that his contract with Crawley would not be renewed at the end of the season, and Cooper thus became a free agent.[6] In July 2013, he had a trial at Torquay United,[7] but failed to earn a contract.

Cooper re-joined Portsmouth until January 2014 on 5 September 2013, for his third spell with the club.[8]

On 9 January 2014 Portsmouth confirmed that Cooper had left the club following the expiration of his short-term contract.

On 17 January 2014, Cooper signed for Torquay United on a potential 18-month contract.[9]

Cooper's contract with Torquay United was cancelled by mutual consent in July 2014.[10]

Cooper switched to Sutton United for the 2014/15 season and signed on a months loan to Eastbourne Borough in September 2016.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 2 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 2001–02[12] First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
Leyton Orient (loan) 2003–04[13] Third Division 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2004–05[14] League Two 10 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 12 0
AFC Bournemouth 2005–06[15] League One 35 0 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 40 0
2006–07[16] 33 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 0
2007–08[17] 38 1 3 1 1 0 2[a] 0 44 2
2008–09[18] League Two 37 0 3 0 1 0 3[a] 0 44 0
2009–10[19] 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010–11[20] League One 36 0 0 0 1 0 2[b] 0 39 0
2011-12[21] 26 0 1 0 2 1 2[a] 0 31 1
Total 211 1 10 1 8 1 11 0 240 3
Crawley Town 2012-13[22] League One 8 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 10 0
Portsmouth 2012–13 League One 14 2 0 0 — 0 0 14 2
2013–14 League Two 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
Total 23 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 2
Torquay United 2013–14 League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sutton United 2014–15 Conference South 24 1 0 0 — 2[c] 0 26 1
2015–16 National League South 22 0 3 0 — 7[d] 0 32 0
2016–17 National League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
Total 48 1 3 0 0 0 11 0 62 1
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2016–17 National League South 5 0 2 0 — 0 0 7 0
Poole Town 2016–17 National League South 17 0 0 0 — 2[e] 0 19 0
2017–18 12 1 0 0 — 0 0 12 1
Total 29 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 1
Career total 350 5 16 1 9 1 28 0 403 7
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the League One play-offs
  3. ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy and one in the Surrey Senior Cup
  4. ^ Four appearances in the FA Trophy and three in the Surrey Senior Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in the FA Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ^ "Shaun Cooper - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Pompey release five". BBC Sport. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Four Players Join Blues". Portsmouth F.C. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Brentford 3–2 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Two players to leave". Crawley Town F.C. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  7. ^ Thomas, David (23 July 2013). "Knill hopes Torquay United can seal deal for Shaun Cooper". Western Morning News. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Portsmouth re-sign Shaun Cooper until January". BBC Sport. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Cooper Deal Complete". Torquay United F.C. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  10. ^ "COOPER CONTRACT CANCELLED". Torquay United F.C. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Borough swoop for Sutton duo McAllister and Cooper". Eastbourne Herald. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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