Ali Coote

Alistair Michael Coote (born 11 June 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Irish club Bohemians as a midfielder. He began his career with Dundee United and made his first team debut in 2015, before joining Brentford in 2017. He represented Scotland at U15, U16 and U17 level.

Ali Coote
Personal information
Full name Alistair Michael Coote[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bohemians
Youth career
Tayport Thistle
0000–2014 Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Dundee United 13 (0)
2016 → East Fife (loan) 6 (2)
2017–2020 Brentford 0 (0)
2020 Waterford 17 (3)
2021– Bohemians 0 (0)
National team
2012–2013 Scotland U15 8 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U16 5 (3)
2014–2015 Scotland U17 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:46, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Coote was born in Bedford, England and grew up in Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland.[3] He attended St John's Roman Catholic High School in Dundee.[3]

Club career

Dundee United

A box-to-box midfielder,[4] Coote began his youth career with Tayport Thistle, before moving to the academy at Dundee United.[3] By late 2013, his performances saw him named by STV as one of 14 youth players to make an impact in 2014.[5] Coote signed his first professional contract in June 2014 and won his maiden call into the first team squad for a Scottish Premiership match versus Celtic on 21 December 2014.[6][7] He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 victory.[7] Coote broke into the matchday squad on a regular basis in the final two months of the 2014–15 season and made his professional debut as a substitute for Calum Butcher after 76 minutes of a 1–0 defeat to Aberdeen on 18 April 2015.[8][9] He finished the 2014–15 season with three appearances.[8]

Despite appearing regularly for the Development Squad,[3] Coote won only three calls into the first team squad during the 2015–16 season and spent much of the second half of the season away on loan.[10][11] After returning from loan, he made his sole appearance of the season as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016,[12] but with SPFL rules stating that a player returning from loan after 31 March is not eligible to play for his parent club during the same season, the rule breach led to Dundee United being deducted three points and fined £30,000.[13]

Dundee United's relegation to the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season saw Coote promoted into the first team squad for 2016–17 and he was a regular inclusion on the substitutes' bench throughout the campaign.[14] He made his first start for the club in the 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final versus St Mirren and won the first senior trophy of his career in the 2–1 victory.[14] His season ended with defeat in the Scottish Premiership play-offs to Hamilton Academical.[15] Coote made 16 appearances during the 2016–17 season and departed the club in June 2017.[15][16] He made 20 appearances and scored no goals during three seasons as a professional at Tannadice Park.[17]

East Fife (loan)

On 22 January 2016, Coote joined Scottish League Two club East Fife on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[11] He made his debut and scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 victory over East Stirlingshire the following day.[12] He scored again on his fourth appearance, with the final goal of a 6–0 win over Stirling Albion on 19 March.[12] Coote's loan was ended in April after he had made six appearances and scored two goals with the Fifers.[12][18]

Brentford

On 22 June 2017, Coote moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[19] He made 33 appearances and scored 9 goals during the 2017–18 season, but did not receive a call into a first team squad.[2] Coote had a successful 2018–19 season, winning the team's Player of the Year award and the Middlesex Senior Cup.[20] After loanee Nikolaj Kirk departed the club in March 2019, Coote took over the B team captaincy.[20][21] During the 2019–20 pre-season, Coote was included in the first team squad for its training camp in Austria.[22] He was frozen out of the B team during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed Brentford in January 2020.[23] He made 79 appearances and scored 19 goals in three seasons for the B team,[23] but failed to receive a call into a first team matchday squad.[24]

Waterford

On 24 January 2020, Coote transferred to League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford on permanent contract.[25] He made 18 appearances and scored three goals during the COVID-19-affected 2020 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign.[4][24]

Bohemians

On 24 December 2020, it was announced that Coote had transferred to League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians.[4]

International career

Coote made his international debut for Scotland at U15 level and won the first of his eight caps in an U15 tournament match versus Italy on 20 March 2012.[26] He won five caps for the U16 team during the 2013–14 season and made appearances in both the 2013 Valerie Ivanov Tournament (scoring his first international goal) and the 2014 Aegean Cup.[27][28] Coote experienced success in the 2013–14 Victory Shield, scoring his first international brace (versus Northern Ireland) and playing the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 victory in the final versus England.[29] He won five U17 caps during the 2014–15 season and was called into the squad for the 2015 European U17 Championship finals,[30] but was withdrawn from the tournament at the request of Dundee United.[31]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 2014–15[8] Scottish Premiership 300000 ——30
2015–16[12] 100000 ——10
2016–17[15] Scottish Championship 900010 —6[lower-alpha 1]0160
Total 1300010 — 60200
East Fife (loan) 2015–16[12] Scottish League Two 62—— ——62
Waterford 2020[24] League of Ireland Premier Division 17310— ——183
Bohemians 2021[24] League of Ireland Premier Division 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 3651010 0 060445
  1. 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, 2 appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Dundee United

Brentford B

Scotland U16

Individual

References
  1. "Monthly Bulletins – Players under Written Contract – June 2017". The Football Association. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. "Ali Coote – Midfielder – Brentford B". Brentford FC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. "Development squad – Ali Coote". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. "Ali Coote Joins From Waterford". Bohemian FC. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. "Fourteen for '14: Alistair Coote, Dundee United's dynamic forward". STV Sport. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. "Squad Update". Dundee United Football Club. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. "Alistair Coote Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. "Games played by Alistair Coote in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  9. Duthie, Tom (24 April 2015). "Dundee United expecting big things from kid Ali Coote". Evening Telegraph. Dundee: DC Thomson. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  10. "Alistair Coote Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. "Ali Coote Joins East Fife on Loan". dufc.co. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. "Games played by Alistair Coote in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  13. "Dundee Utd docked points for fielding ineligible player Ali Coote v ICT". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  14. "Alistair Coote Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  15. "Games played by Ali Coote in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  16. Lorimer, Scott (22 June 2017). "Hot-prospect Ali Coote join Brentford from Dundee United". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  17. Ali Coote at Soccerbase
  18. Berry, Gavin. "Dundee United set to be docked points after fielding ineligible player". dailyrecord. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  19. "Ali Coote signs for Brentford". Brentford FC. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  20. "Ali Coote wins Mary Halder Award". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  21. "The B Team pathway". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  22. B Team Post-Match: Neil MacFarlane on Braintree (Interview). brentfordfc.com. 17 July 2019. Event occurs at 0:45. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  23. "Ali Coote departs for Waterford". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  24. Ali Coote at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  25. "Ali Coote Signs for The Blues". Waterford FC. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  26. "Alistair Coote – U15 squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  27. "Alistair Coote – U16 squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  28. "Scottish Football Association". scottishfa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  29. "Miller marvels in Victory Shield triumph". Scottish FA. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  30. Ali Coote at the Scottish Football Association
  31. "Zak Rudden called up for Scotland Under-17s". Scottish FA. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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