Brandon Cooper

Brandon James Cooper (born 14 January 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Championship club Swansea City. He is a Wales Under-21 international.

Brandon Cooper
Personal information
Full name Brandon James Cooper[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000
Place of birth Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 36
Youth career
2006–2018 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Swansea City 0 (0)
2020 → Yeovil Town (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Newport County (loan) 19 (1)
National team‡
2018– Wales U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:46, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Swansea City

Cooper has been at Swansea since the age of 6. He played for the Swansea under-18s and under-23s then signed a professional contract extension in March 2018.[2]

He was handed his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup.[3]

On 7 February 2020, Cooper joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]

On 7 September 2020, Cooper joined League Two side Newport County on a season-long loan.[5] He made his debut for Newport on 8 September 2020 in the starting line up for the 1-0 EFL Trophy defeat to Cheltenham Town.[6] He made his football league debut on 12 September 2020 as a half time substitute for Matt Dolan in the 1-1 draw for Newport County against Scunthorpe United on the first day of the 2020-21 League Two season.[7] Cooper scored his first football league for Newport in the 2-1 League Two win against Harrogate Town on 31 October 2020.[8] Cooper was selected as the October 2020 EFL League Two Young Player of the Month.[9] On 5 January 2021 Cooper's loan at Newport ended when he was recalled by Swansea.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2018–19[11] Championship 000010—10
2019–20[12] Championship 001000—10
2020–21[13] Championship 000000—00
Total 001010—20
Swansea City U23 2018–19[11] ———2[lower-alpha 1]020
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20[12] National League 30——0030
Newport County (loan) 2020–21[13] League Two 19120301[lower-alpha 1]0251
Career total 221304030321
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. "Cooper Signs new Swans deal". Swansea City FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. Marsh, Philip (28 August 2018). "Swansea City 0–1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. "Transfer | Brandon Cooper signs on loan". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. "Brandon Cooper joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". newport-county.co.uk. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  6. Cooper Newport debut
  7. Taylor Cooper league debut
  8. Cooper scores for Newport
  9. Cooper young player of the month
  10. Cooper recalled
  11. "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  13. "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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