Shaun Cooper

Shaun David Cooper (born 5 October 1983) is an English retired professional footballer. He is the current manager of Championship club AFC Bournemouth's Development Squad/u23 side.

This article is about the English football player. For the alternative rock bassist, see Shaun Cooper (musician).

Shaun Cooper

Personal information
Full name	Shaun David Cooper[1]
Date of birth	(1983-10-05) 5 October 1983
Place of birth	Newport, Isle of Wight
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Poole Town
Number	22
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	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:41, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Career

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.[2] 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 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.[3] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth on 13 April 2013, against Brentford.[4] 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.[5] In July 2013, he had a trial at Torquay United,[6] but failed to earn a contract.

Cooper re-joined Portsmouth until January 2014 on 5 September 2013, for his third spell with the club.[7]

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.[8]

Cooper's contract with Torquay United was cancelled by mutual consent in July 2014.[9]

Cooper switched to Sutton United for the 2014/15 season and signed on a months loan to Eastbourne Borough in September 2016.[10]

Career statistics

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[11]	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
Leyton Orient (loan)	2003–04[12]	Third Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	2004–05[13]	League Two	10	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
Bournemouth	2005–06[14]	League One	35	0	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	0
	2006–07[15]		33	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
	2007–08[16]		38	1	3	1	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	2
	2008–09[17]	League Two	37	0	3	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	0
	2009–10[18]		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2010–11[19]	League One	36	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	39	0
	2011-12[20]		26	0	1	0	2	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	1
	Bournemouth total		211	1	10	1	8	1	11	0	240	3
Crawley Town	2012-13[21]	League One	8	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	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
	Portsmouth 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[lower-alpha 3]	0	26	1
	2015–16	National League South	22	0	3	0	—		7[lower-alpha 4]	0	32	0
	2016–17	National League	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Sutton total		48	1	3	0	0	0	11	0	62	1
Eastbourne Borough (loan)	2016–17	National League South	5	0	0	0	—		0	0	5	0
Poole Town	2016–17	National League South	17	0	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 5]	0	19	0
	2017–18		12	1	0	0	—		0	0	12	1
	Poole Town total		29	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	1
Career total			350	5	14	1	9	1	28	0	401	7

1. 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

1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Pompey Release Five, BBC News Online, 20 May 2003
3. "Four Players Join Blues". Portsmouth's official website. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
4. "Brentford 3–2 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
5. "Two players to leave". Crawley Town's official website. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
7. "Portsmouth re-sign Shaun Cooper until January". BBC Sport. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
8. "Cooper Deal Complete". Torquay United FC. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
9. "COOPER CONTRACT CANCELLED". Torquay United F.C. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
10. "Borough swoop for Sutton duo McAllister and Cooper". Eastbourne Herald. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
11. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
12. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
13. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
14. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
15. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
16. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
17. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
18. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
19. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
20. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
21. "Games played by Shaun Cooper in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

External links

• Shaun Cooper at Soccerbase
• Shaun Cooper at Soccerway