Brandon Cooper
Personal information
Full name Brandon James Cooper[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000
Place of birth Porthcawl, Wales
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Leyton Orient
Number 12
Youth career
2006–2018 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2024 Swansea City 5 (0)
2020 → Yeovil Town (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Newport County (loan) 19 (1)
2022 → Swindon Town (loan) 8 (0)
2023 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 21 (0)
2023–2024 → Leyton Orient (loan) 14 (0)
2024– Leyton Orient 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2021 Wales U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Brandon James Cooper (born 14 January 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Leyton Orient. He is a former Wales Under-21 international.

Career

Swansea City

Cooper has been at Swansea since the age of 6. He played for the Swansea under-18s and under-23s then signed a professional contract extension in March 2018.[2]

He was handed his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup.[3]

On 7 February 2020, Cooper joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]

On 7 September 2020, Cooper joined League Two side Newport County on a season-long loan.[5] He made his debut for Newport on 8 September 2020 in the starting line up for the 1-0 EFL Trophy defeat to Cheltenham Town.[6] He made his football league debut on 12 September 2020 as a half time substitute for Matt Dolan in the 1–1 draw for Newport County against Scunthorpe United on the first day of the 2020-21 League Two season.[7] Cooper scored his first football league for Newport in the 2-1 League Two win against Harrogate Town on 31 October 2020.[8] Cooper was selected as the October 2020 EFL Young Player of the Month.[9] On 5 January 2021 Cooper's loan at Newport ended when he was recalled by Swansea.[10] On 29 January 2022, Cooper joined EFL League Two side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[11] Cooper made his Swindon debut in the starting line-up for the League Two 1-1 draw against Crawley Town on 2 February 2022.[12]

On 2 January 2023, Cooper signed for League One club Forest Green Rovers on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[13]

Leyton Orient

On 1 September 2023, Cooper joined League One club Leyton Orient on loan until January 2024.[14] On 16 January 2024, he returned to Orient on a permanent basis, joining on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15]

International

Cooper received his first call-up to the Wales senior squad in March 2021 for the friendly match against Mexico and the World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2018–19[17] Championship 000010—10
2019–20[18] Championship 001000—10
2020–21[19] Championship 100000—10
2021–22[20] Championship 401030—80
2022–23[21] Championship 000000—00
2023–24[22] Championship 000000—00
Total 502040—110
Swansea City U23 2018–19[17] ———2[lower-alpha 1]020
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20[18] National League 30——0030
Newport County (loan) 2020–21[19] League Two 19120301[lower-alpha 1]0251
Swindon Town (loan) 2021–22[20] League Two 80——0080
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23[21] League One 21010——220
Leyton Orient (loan) 2023–24[22] League One 14020001[lower-alpha 1]0170
Career total 701707040871
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cooper Signs new Swans deal". Swansea City FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Philip (28 August 2018). "Swansea City 0–1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Transfer | Brandon Cooper signs on loan". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Brandon Cooper joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". newport-county.co.uk. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Cooper Newport debut
  7. ↑ Taylor Cooper league debut
  8. ↑ Cooper scores for Newport
  9. ↑ Cooper young player of the month
  10. ↑ Cooper recalled
  11. ↑ "Done Deal: Cooper is a Red!". Swindon Town FC. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Cooper Swindon debut
  13. ↑ "Cooper becomes first January addition". www.fgr.co.uk. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Brandon Cooper joins the O's on Deadline Day". www.leytonorient.com. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Brandon Cooper rejoins the O's on permanent deal". www.leytonorient.com. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Cooper Wales call up
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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