Mark Cooper
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| Mark Cooper | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Nicholas Cooper | |
| Date of birth | 18 December 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | |
| Nickname | Coops, Cooperman | |
| Position | Midfielder/Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tamworth | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1987-1989 1989-1991 1990 1991-1992 1992-1994 1993 1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002- |
Bristol City Exeter City Southend United (loan) Birmingham City Fulham Huddersfield Town (loan) Wycombe Wanderers Exeter City Hartlepool United Macclesfield Town (loan) Leyton Orient Rushden & Diamonds Hednesford Town Forest Green Rovers Tamworth |
0 (0) 50 (12) 5 (0) 39 (4) 14 (0) 10 (4) 2 (1) 88 (20) 31 (9) 8 (2) 1 (0) 17 (8) 24 (4) 48 (18) 104 (31) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2004- | Tamworth | |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Mark Cooper (born 18 December 1968 in Wakefield, England) is an English footballer. He is the current player/manager of Nationwide Conference side Tamworth, where he plays in midfield. He is the son of former Leeds and England full-back Terry Cooper.
[edit] Playing career
Cooper's long and lucrative football career started back in 1987, where he first appeared on the books of Bristol City as a trainee, making over 200 League appearances for the club.
After two seasons with the club, Cooper moved on to Exeter City in October 1989. He played 50 games and scored 12 goals for southern club.
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's next club was in Greater London with Fulham, where he was subject of a £40,000 price tag. He had a brief loan spell with Huddersfield Town while at the London club in 1993.
After only fourteen games for the club, Cooper moved on, but stayed in the vicinity, by joining Wycombe Wanderers, before returning for a second spell with Exeter City in February 1994.
Two seasons later seen Cooper on the move again, this time he was going north to Hartlepool United, where he made 31 appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.
Coopers third and final loan spell was with local side Macclesfield Town in September 1997. He was only on loan for two months and made just 8 appearances, but did manage to find the net on 2 occasions.
In December 1997, Cooper joined Leyton Orient on a non-contract basis, before moving on to Rushden & Diamonds.
After two years with the club, Cooper moved on to Hednesford Town. Cooper then moved on to Forest Green Rovers. At his time with The Lawners, he was club captain and named Supporter's Player of the Year.
This was his final team before joining Tamworth as a player in May 2002.
[edit] Managerial career
At the start of the 2003-04 season Mark was appointed Player/Assistant Manager and moved up to manager following the departure of Darron Gee for the 2004-5 season.
Mark's father Terry Cooper was also a manager and was recently training with Tamworth.
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| Preceded by: Darron Gee |
Tamworth F.C. manager 2004-Present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
| Tamworth F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Viega | 2 Smith | 3 Touhy | 4 Bampton | 6 Friars | 7 Ward | 8 Storer | 9 Burton | 10 Stevenson | 11 Williams | 12 Deakin | 13 Bowles | 14 Law | 15 Neilson | 16 Cooper | 18 Moore | 19 Ridgway | 20 Taylor | 22 Dryden | 23 Weaver | 24 McGrath | 26 Kendrick | 27 Laight | 29 Atieno | 31 Heslop | Manager: Cooper |
Categories: 1968 births | Bristol City F.C. players | Exeter City F.C. players | Southend United F.C. players | Birmingham City F.C. players | Fulham F.C. players | Huddersfield Town F.C. players | Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players | Hartlepool United F.C. players | Macclesfield Town F.C. players | Leyton Orient F.C. players | Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players | Forest Green Rovers F.C. players | Tamworth F.C. players | English footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | People from Wakefield
