Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander William Cochrane [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 21 April 2000||
Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → East Grinstead Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Union SG (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2022– | Heart of Midlothian | 58 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
2019 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:33, 28 June 2021 (UTC) |
Alexander William Cochrane (born 21 April 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. He has previously played for Brighton & Hove Albion, East Grinstead Town and Union SG.
Cochrane started his career with Brighton & Hove Albion, and was loaned to Isthmian League South side East Grinstead in the January transfer market of 2018. [3] He made his professional debut for Brighton on 25 September 2019, in a 3–1 defeat at home against Aston Villa in the EFL Cup. [4] Cochrane was named in the match day squad in the Premier League on 20 July 2020 in a 0–0 home draw against Newcastle United, he remained an unused substitute. [5] On 23 September 2020, Cochrane made his first appearance for the senior side in almost a year coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 away win over Preston in the EFL Cup. [6]
On 5 October 2020, Cochrane joined Belgian First Division B side Union SG on a season-long loan deal. [7] On 5 February 2021, it was announced that Cochrane had suffered an injury which would keep him out for the rest of the season. [8]
On 28 June 2021, Cochrane joined Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan from Brighton. [9] He made his competitive debut two weeks later, playing 83 minutes of the 2–0 away win over Peterhead in the Scottish League Cup. [10] On 31 July, he made his Scottish Premiership debut on the opening day of the 2021–22 season where he played the whole match of the 2–1 home victory over Celtic. [11] Cochrane scored his first professional goal adding Hearts' third in a 3–0 home victory over Livingston on 25 September. [12] He scored his second goal for the club on 6 November, in which he also claimed an assist in the 5–2 home victory over Dundee United. [13] On 21 May 2022, Cochrane started and played 100 minutes of the 2022 Scottish Cup final which ended in a 2–0 after-extra-time defeat against Rangers at Hampden Park. [14]
Cochrane signed a permanent deal with Hearts on 25 June 2022. [15] [16]
Cochrane made one appearance for the England U16's assisting a goal in a 3–3 draw against the United States U15's.
He made his international debut for the England U20s on 19 November 2019 during a 3–0 win over Iceland U21s at Wycombe Wanderers. [17]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
East Grinstead (loan) | 2017–18 | Isthmian League Southern League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 2018–19 [18] | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 [19] | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20 [19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Union SG (loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 40 | 3 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 2 |
2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
Career total | 98 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 133 | 5 |
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