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Liam Cooper
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Key facts
- 2008
- Scotland U17
- 2009
- Scotland U19
- 2011
- → Carlisle United (loan)
- 2025
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Full name
- Liam David Ian Cooper
- Date of birth
- ( 1991-08-30 ) 30 August 1991 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull , England
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 2002 2008
- Hull City
- Years
- Team
- 2008 2013
- Hull City
- 2012 2013
- → Chesterfield (loan)
- 2013 2014
- Chesterfield
- 2014 2024
- Leeds United
- 2024 2025
- CSKA Sofia
- 2016 2024
- Scotland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Family name
- Cooper
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2008–09 Football League Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Scotland national under-19 football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Scotland
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- LiamCooper.jpg
- Height
- 188
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- Commons category
- Liam Cooper
- date of birth
- 1991-08-30
- sport number
- 6
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- birth name
- Liam David Ian Cooper
- name in native language
- Liam Cooper
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Encyclopedic overview
Liam David Ian Cooper (born 30 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Sheffield Wednesday. Born in England, he played for the Scotland national team.
Cooper came through the youth academy at Hull City before making his debut with the first team at the age of 16. He spent time on loan at Carlisle United and Huddersfield Town, before moving to Chesterfield in 2012. He won promotion to League One with the Spireites in 2014 before joining Leeds United later that year. He played over 200 games for the Yorkshire club, captaining them to promotion to the Premier League in 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liam Cooper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.