Colin Cooper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Colin Cooper
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1967(1967-02-28)
Age	57
Date Of Death	2008-07-03
Birthplace	Sedgefield
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Colin Cooper Biography

Colin Cooper is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 28, 1967 in Sedgefield, England, United Kingdom. Colin Terence Cooper (born 28 February 1967) is an English former professional footballer. Cooper was a part of the majority of his career with Middlesbrough in addition to Nottingham Forest. In the years prior to joining Hartlepool, Cooper was part of the Middlesbrough coaching team after he left his position as Assistant Manager at Bradford City.

After experiencing the excitement of two promotions, and the pain of downfall, “Super Coops” was bought back by his previous team, Middlesbrough with a deal of PS2,500,000. There was some doubt about the purchase of the veteran player former Nottingham Forest player. Nottingham Forest, but Colin demonstrated to many that he was competent to play Premier League football. He maintained a steady level of performance over the seven seasons were playing for Middlesbrough and could be counted on to perform an excellent job. He was close to quitting the sport in 2002 when the son of his Finlay was killed in an incident at their home, just hours after the team’s win against Manchester United in the FA Cup. In 2003-2004, Cooper was some of the time at Sunderland. Cooper joined Middlesbrough’s team in 2004’s League cup winning team. Although he was not selected for the final, he did play in the preliminary rounds.

In 2006, Colin and his wife Julie, formed the charity the Finlay Cooper Fund, named after his son who died in a tragic accident in 2002, which raises money for children’s causes. In 2013, Colin and 12 others (which included Craig Hignett and Jeff Stelling) climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity; the climb raised £100,000.

After he retired from playing, in June 2006, Cooper was officially given a job with the Middlesbrough coaching staff, as the Reserve team coach. Following Steve Round’s departure from the club in December 2006, Cooper was promoted to a more active role with the first team. Following the departure of Malcolm Crosby on 17 June 2009, Cooper was promoted to assistant manager at Middlesbrough. On 22 October 2009, following the departure of manager Gareth Southgate, Cooper was appointed caretaker manager at Middlesbrough. However, he was only employed in this position for four days, as Gordon Strachan was announced as the new manager on 26 October. Cooper’s solitary match in charge was a 2–2 draw with Preston North End on 24 October 2009. In May 2010, Cooper was relieved of all duties at Middlesbrough by Strachan.

After impressing a number of famous clubs and clubs, he decided to relocate from Nottingham Forest in 1993 for PS1,700,000. The club was Forest that Colin probably played the most impressive football of his life and his performance earned his two England caps in 1995.

Colin Cooper Net Worth

Colin Cooper is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Colin Cooper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a centre back and was equally effective as a full-back. He played the initial seven years of his professional life contracted to Middlesbrough with more than 188 league appearances, creating six league goals during the process. In this period he was able to assist Middlesbrough through liquidation in the year 1986.

At the end of summer 1991 He was transferred into division Two club (renamed Division One and later The Football League Championship) Millwall for the sum of P300,000 and he played two seasons of success with The Den.

In 2005, Cooper was awarded a one-year contract extension, which saw him play at the age of 39. His final season with Middlesbrough, 2005–06, saw Boro reach the 2006 UEFA Cup Final. However, he made just one appearance all campaign, coming on as a late substitute on the last day of the season against Fulham.

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Facts & Trivia

Colin Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Colin Cooper celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.