Steve Cooper (football manager)
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Cooper with Nottingham Forest in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Steven Daniel Cooper | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pontypridd, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Brøndby (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Wrexham | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Total Network Solutions | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Rhyl | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Bangor City | 57 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Porthmadog | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | England U16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | England U17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Swansea City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Nottingham Forest | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Leicester City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Brøndby | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Steven Daniel Cooper (born 10 December 1979) is a Welsh professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Danish Superliga club Brøndby.
Cooper began his coaching career at Wrexham's academy while playing as a defender in the Welsh football leagues. He moved to Liverpool in 2008 and was appointed manager of their academy in 2011. Cooper joined the England youth set-up in 2014, initially coaching the U16s, before winning the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup with the U17s. He became head coach of Swansea City in 2019 before managing Nottingham Forest from 2021 to 2023. He then became the manager of Leicester City.