| General |
| Liam Cooper | ||
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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
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| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position: | Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sheffield Wednesday
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| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2002–2008 | Hull City
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 2011 2011 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2024 2024–2025 2025– |
Hull City → Carlisle United (loan) → Huddersfield Town (loan) → Chesterfield (loan) Chesterfield Leeds United CSKA Sofia Sheffield Wednesday
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11 (0) 6 (1) 4 (0) 10 (1) 61 (4) 262 (11) 23 (1) 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2008 2009 2016– |
 Scotland U17 Scotland U19 Scotland
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5 (0) 1 (0) 19 (0) |
Liam David Ian Cooper (born 30 August 1991) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. Born in England, he plays for the Scotland national team. Although normally playing as a centre-back, he can also function as a left-back.
The current captain of Leeds, he led the team to promotion to the Premier League in the 2019-20 season, the first Leeds captain to do this since fellow Scotsman Gordon Strachan in 1990.
Cooper has represented Scotland at senior, under-19 and under-17 level. He received his first call-up to the senior squad on 10 March 2016 for a friendly against Denmark but did not play. He made his debut during a 1-2 Euro 2020 qualifying defeat to Russia on 6 September 2019.
External links[]
- Liam Cooper profile at Leeds United website
- Liam Cooper profile at the Hull City website
- Liam Cooper profile at Scottish Football Association
Liam Cooper profile at Soccerbase
| Sheffield Wednesday F.C. squad - 2025–26 |
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1 Charles · 2 Palmer · 3 M. Lowe · 4 Fusire · 5 Bernard · 6 Iorfa · 7 Valery · 8 Ingelsson · 9 J. Lowe · 10 Bannan · 11 Ugbo · 12 Amass · 14 Chalobah · 16 Cooper · 17 McNeill · 18 Cadamarteri · 19 Kobacki · 20 Shipston · 22 Otegbayo · 23 Gui Siqueira · 24 Horvath · 25 Stretch · 27 Johnson · 28 McGhee · 29 Brown · 30 Weaver · 31 Grainger · 32 Emery · 33 Alao · 35 Phillips · 36 Fernandes · 37 Thornton · 39 Kamwa · Manager: Henrik Pedersen |
| Scotland
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| Scotland – UEFA Euro 2024 – Group stage |
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1. Gunn
2. Ralston
3. Robertson (c)
4. McTominay
5. Hanley
6. Tierney
7. McGinn
8. McGregor
9. Shankland
10. Adams
11. Christie
12. Kelly
13. Hendry
14. Gilmour
15. Porteous
16. Cooper
17. Armstrong
18. Morgan
19. Conway
20. Jack
21. Clark
22. McCrorie
23. McLean
24. Taylor
25. Forrest
26. McKenna |