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Matthew Cooper (born 1 July 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Elgin City, as a defender.

Matthew Cooper

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Macduff, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Elgin City
Youth career
	Deveronvale
2010–2012	Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3	(0)
2014–	Elgin City	203	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[1]

Early and personal life

Cooper was born in Macduff and attended Banff Academy.[2][3] Cooper played for Macduff Lions Boys Club and Deveronvale, and also represented Aberdeenshire, North of Scotland Regional and Scotland Schoolboys National U18's.[4]

Career

Cooper began his career as a youth player for Macduff Lions Boys Club[5] before moving onto Deveronvale and Aberdeen.[6] He joined the senior team of Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the start of the 2012–13 season,[7] going on to make his senior debut for Inverness in the Scottish Premier League on 22 December 2012.[8]

After two years at the club, Cooper was released by Inverness[9] and was among three players to join Elgin City.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 March 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2012–13[11]	Premier League	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2013–14[12]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Elgin City	2014–15[13]	Scottish League Two	33	0	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	37	0
	2015–16[14]		34	0	2	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	41	0
	2016–17[15]		28	0	3	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	36	0
	2017–18[16]		20	1	1	0	4	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	1
	2018–19[17]		25	0	3	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	0
	2019–20[18]		28	0	2	0	4	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	1	39	1
	2020–21[19]		20	1	1	0	4	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	27	1
	2021–22[20]		15	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	19	2
	Total		203	4	16	0	23	0	17	1	259	5
Career total			206	4	16	0	23	0	17	1	265	5

References

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