Mark Cooper (footballer, born 1968)

Mark Cooper
Cooper pictured in January 2011
Personal information
Full name Mark Nicholas Cooper[1]
Date of birth (1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Wakefield, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Yeovil Town (manager)
Youth career
0000–1987 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Bristol City 0 (0)
1989–1991 Exeter City 50 (12)
1990Southend United (loan) 5 (0)
1991–1992 Birmingham City 39 (4)
1992–1994 Fulham 14 (0)
1993Huddersfield Town (loan) 10 (4)
1994 Wycombe Wanderers 2 (1)
1994–1996 Exeter City 88 (20)
1996–1997 Hartlepool United 31 (9)
1997Macclesfield Town (loan) 8 (2)
1997–1998 Leyton Orient 1 (0)
1998–2000 Rushden & Diamonds 17 (8)
2000Telford United (loan) 5 (1)
2000–2001 Hednesford Town 24 (4)
2001–2002 Forest Green Rovers 48 (18)
2002–2007 Tamworth 104 (31)
2007 Hinckley United 15 (1)
2007–2009 Kettering Town 1 (1)
Total 457 (115)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Tamworth
2007–2009 Kettering Town
2009–2010 Peterborough United
2010–2011 Darlington
2012 Kettering Town
2013 AFC Telford United
2013–2015 Swindon Town
2016 Notts County
2016–2021 Forest Green Rovers
2021–2022 Barrow
2022– Yeovil Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Nicholas Cooper (born 18 December 1968) is an English former association football player and manager who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Yeovil Town.

Cooper followed his father Terry into the sport, starting his career with Bristol City in 1987. During a 22-year playing career he was at 17 clubs, including three on loan and two spells at Exeter City. He played 457 league games, during which he scored 115 goals, with his five-year spell at non-League Tamworth being his longest at any club. At two of his final three clubs, he also combined the role with being manager. He then went into management full-time, with clubs both outside and within the Football League.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 137. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "Mark Cooper". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2019.