![]() Cooper with Leeds United in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liam David Ian Cooper | ||
Date of birth | 30 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Centre Back / Left Back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Leeds United | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | Hull City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Hull City | 11 | (0) |
2011 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2011 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Chesterfield | 61 | (4) |
2014– | Leeds United | 76 | (2) |
National team | |||
2008 | Scotland U17 | 5 | (0) |
2009 | Scotland U19 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 9 January 2017 (UTC). |
Liam David Ian Cooper (born 30 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Championship side Leeds United. Although normally playing as a centre back, he can also function as a left back.
He is the current Vice-captain of Leeds. He has represented Scotland at Under 17 and 19 level. He received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad on 10 March 2016 for a friendly against Denmark.
Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cooper attended Malet Lambert school and joined Hull City at Under-12 level. He was in the youth team that won the Football League Youth Alliance Cup Final against Colchester 3–0, scoring the opening goal but later being sent off for a deliberate handball.
On 26 August 2008 he made his first team debut for Hull against Swansea City in the Football League Cup. On 30 August 2008, on his 17th birthday, he signed professional terms with the club, and featured on the bench as an unused substitute for the Premier League game against Wigan Athletic. He made his first Premier League start on 26 September 2009 at Anfield in the 6–1 defeat by Liverpool. Cooper signed a new three-year contract at the KC Stadium in March 2010.