Ryan Thomas Cooney (born 26 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Morecambe.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Thomas Cooney[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 22)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back[4] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Morecambe | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
000–2016 | Bury | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Bury | 21 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Morecambe (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Morecambe (loan) | 36 | (0) |
2021– | Morecambe | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:20,18 August 2021 (UTC) |
Cooney was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester.[5] He joined Bury at the age of nine, progressing through the club's youth academy and being made captain of the youth team.[6] Cooney was promoted to the first-team squad in the 2016–17 season while still a scholar because of injuries.[7] He made his debut on 26 August 2017, playing against Rochdale in a League One match which ended 0–0.[8] He signed a two-year professional contract with the club in October 2018.[6] He made a total of 29 appearances in all competitions having been given the opportunity of first team football by manager Ryan Lowe.[9] He got used to spending time around older, more experienced players and he adapted on and off the pitch.[9] Despite gaining promotion from EFL League Two in the 2018–19 season, Bury's future looked bleak amid financial problems and Cooney was hoping for a move.[9]
Cooney signed for Premier League club Burnley on 15 July 2019 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year, initially joining the under-23 team.[10] In the first half of the season he was a regular part of Steve Stone's side and contributed towards a 17-match unbeaten run.[9] He became a part of Burnley's first-team bubble until the end of the 2019–20 season, along with a number of youngsters, following the return to football post-lockdown.[9] He was rewarded with a new one-year contract in June 2020.[11]
On 2 January 2020, he was sent out on loan for the first time when he joined League Two side Morecambe until the end of the season along with Adam Phillips.[12] There was frustration in March 2020, as COVID-19 brought the loan to an abrupt halt as Cooney had been beginning to settle in and was playing and performing consistently.[9] Cooney and Phillips spoke during the lockdown and agreed that they would return to Morecambe if the opportunity arose in the following season, describing manager Derek Adams as a big influence.[9] On 11 August 2020, Cooney re-joined Morecambe on loan until the end of the season along with Phillips.[9] Morecambe made a good start to the season and were top of the league after five games with four wins.[13] On 24 June 2021, it was announced that Cooney had signed for Morecambe on a free transfer on a two-year deal after turning down the offer of a new contract at Burnley.[14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bury | 2016–17[15] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017–18[8] | League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2018–19[16] | League Two | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Burnley | 2019–20[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21[18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Morecambe (loan) | 2019–20[17] | League Two | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2020–21[18] | League Two | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 45 | 2 | |
Morecambe | 2021–22[19] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 2 | ||
Career total | 71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 88 | 2 |
Morecambe
Morecambe F.C. – current squad | |
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