 Cotterill with Birmingham City in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Rhys George Best Cotterill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bristol City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Bristol City | 62 | (8) |
| 2006–2008 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Sheffield United | 38 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | → Swansea City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Swansea City | 31 | (4) |
| 2011 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2012 | Barnsley | 11 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Doncaster Rovers | 84 | (14) |
| 2014–2017 | Birmingham City | 103 | (14) |
| 2017 | → Bristol City (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2018 | ATK | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Barry Town United | 28 | (5) |
| 2021 | Newtown | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 434 | (56) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Wales U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Wales U21 | 9 | (4) |
| 2005–2018 | Wales | 24 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:16, 21 July 2021 (UTC) | |||
David Rhys George Best Cotterill (born 4 December 1987) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a winger.
Born in Cardiff, Cotterill began his career at Bristol City before signing for Premier League Wigan Athletic where he spent two seasons before switching to Sheffield United, initially on loan and then later on a permanent deal. He then transferred to Swansea City in his native Wales, before spending a spell on loan at Portsmouth and then joining Barnsley. He had two seasons at Doncaster Rovers before joining Birmingham City. He spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan to Bristol City. Cotterill's contract with Birmingham was cancelled by mutual consent in December 2017, and he joined ATK of the Indian Super League. In January 2020, Cotterill came out of retirement to play in the Cymru Premier for Barry Town United and Newtown.
Cotterill represented Wales at full international level on 24 occasions from 2005 to 2018, scoring twice. He was part of their squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Player profiles: David Cotterill". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.