Matthew Cooper (footballer)

Matthew Cooper (born 1 July 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Elgin City, as a defender.

Matthew Cooper
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994
Place of birth Macduff, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Elgin City
Number 2
Youth career
Deveronvale
2010–2012 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 (0)
2014– Elgin City 216 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[1]

Early and personal life

Cooper was born in Macduff and attended Banff Academy.[2][3] Cooper played for Macduff Lions Boys Club and Deveronvale, and also represented Aberdeenshire, North of Scotland Regional and Scotland Schoolboys National U18's.[4]

Career

Cooper began his career as a youth player for Macduff Lions Boys Club[5] before moving onto Deveronvale and Aberdeen.[6] He joined the senior team of Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the start of the 2012–13 season,[7] going on to make his senior debut for Inverness in the Scottish Premier League on 22 December 2012.[8]

After two years at the club, Cooper was released by Inverness[9] and was among three players to join Elgin City.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 March 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2012–13[11] Premier League 300000—30
2013–14[12] Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Total 3000000030
Elgin City 2014–15[13] Scottish League Two 33020101[lower-alpha 1]0370
2015–16[14] 34020104[lower-alpha 2]0410
2016–17[15] 28030302[lower-alpha 1]0360
2017–18[16] 20110402[lower-alpha 1]0271
2018–19[17] 25030401[lower-alpha 1]0330
2019–20[18] 28020405[lower-alpha 1]1391
2020–21[19] 20110402[lower-alpha 3]0271
2021–22[20] 152202000192
Total 20341602301712595
Career total 20641602301712655
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the League One play-offs
  3. Two appearances in the League One play-offs

References
  1. "Profile". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "Banff pupil's joy at Scotland call-up". banffshire-journal.co.uk. Banffshire Journal. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  3. Crawford, G (31 August 2010). "Mathew gets his Dons big break". Banffshire Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. "Scotland call for Macduff youth". banffshire-journal.co.uk. Banffshire Journal. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. "Scotland call for Macduff youth". banffshire-journal.co.uk. Banffshire Journal. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. "AFC Youth Academy". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. Graham Linton (24 July 2012). "Butcher will be cautious with Cooper". Inverness Courier.
  8. "Inverness CT 4 – 1 Dundee". BBC Sport. 22 December 2012.
  9. "Christie signs new ICT deal". Inverness Courier. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. "Elgin bring in trio". SPFL. SPFL. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  12. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  13. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  14. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  15. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  16. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  17. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  18. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  19. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  20. "Games played by Matthew Cooper in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


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