Mark Cooper (footballer born 1968)

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Personal information
Full name Mark Nicholas Cooper
Date of birth December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18) (age 39)
Place of birth    Wakefield, England
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Kettering Town
Number 19
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1987-1989
1989-1991
1990
1991-1992
1992-1994
1993
1994
1994-1996
1996-1997
1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2007
2007
2007-		 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
Hinckley United
Kettering Town		 000 (0)
050 (12)
005 (0)
039 (4)
014 (0)
010 (4)
002 (1)
088 (20)
031 (9)
008 (2)
001 (0)
017 (8)
024 (4)
048 (18)
104 (31)
015 (1)
001 (1)   
Teams managed
2004-2007
2007-		 Tamworth
Kettering Town

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 01:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Mark Cooper (born 18 December 1968 in Wakefield, England) is an English footballer and manager, currently for Kettering Town. He is the son of former Leeds and England full-back Terry Cooper.

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[edit] Playing career

Cooper's football career started back 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 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 Supporters' 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 at Tamworth and moved up to manager following the departure of Darron Gee for the 2004/05 season[1].

During his time as Tamworth manager, Cooper managed to get them into the third round of the FA Cup in two consecutive seasons. The first time they played against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium and ended up forced them into a replay at their own ground, of which the game decided on penalties and the following season they played against Norwich City, they lost 4-1.

On January 24, 2007, he left Tamworth F.C by mutual consent[2].

On May 16, 2007, Cooper was appointed manager of Kettering Town who play in the Conference North league[3].

On May 25, 2007 Cooper made his first signing as Kettering Town boss. He unveiled Kettering born, Tommy Jaszczun whos last club was Cambridge United.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Tamworth Flag of England April 28, 2004 January 24, 2007 131  ?  ?  ?  ??.??%
Kettering Town Flag of England May 16, 2007 Present 14 9 2 3 64.28%

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tamworth appoint Cooper
  2. ^ Cooper and Tamworth part company
  3. ^ Manager Appointed

[edit] External links

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Kettering Town F.C. – current squad

1 Harper • 2 Graham • 3 Jaszczun • 4 Dempster • 5 Kemp • 6 Theobald • 7 Lloyd • 8 Brady • 9 Rawle • 10 Marna • 11 Solkhon • 12 Hall • 13 Bussey • 14 Westcarr • 15 Burton • 16 Caskey • 17 Bridges • 18 Eaden • 19 Cooper • 20 Beardsley • -- Collins • Manager: Cooper
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