Ali Coote

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Ali Coote
Personal information
Full name Alistair Michael Coote [1]
Date of birth (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shelbourne
Number 14
Youth career
Tayport Thistle
0000–2014 Dundee United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Dundee United 13 (0)
2016 → East Fife (loan) 6 (2)
2017–2020 Brentford B 0 (0)
2020 Waterford 17 (3)
2021–2023 Bohemians 92 (12)
2024 Detroit City 9 (1)
2024– Shelbourne 13 (1)
International career
2012–2013 Scotland U15 8 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U16 5 (3)
2014–2015 Scotland U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Alistair Michael Coote (born 11 June 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shelbourne.

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Coote began his career with Dundee United and made his first team debut in 2015, before joining Brentford B in 2017. After failing to break into the first team squad, he moved to the League of Ireland in 2020 and played for Waterford, Bohemians and Shelbourne. He also briefly played in the United States for Detroit City and represented Scotland at U15, U16 and U17 level.

Early life

Coote was born in Bedford, England and grew up in Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland. [3] He attended St John's Roman Catholic High School in Dundee. [3] While playing for Bohemians, he shared a house in Dunboyne with Liam Burt, Stephen Mallon and Georgie Kelly. [4]

Club career

Dundee United

A box-to-box midfielder, [5] Coote began his youth career with Tayport Thistle, before moving to the academy at Dundee United. [3] By late 2013, his performances saw him named by STV as one of 14 youth players to make an impact in 2014. [6] Coote signed his first professional contract in June 2014 and won his maiden call into the first team squad for a Scottish Premiership match versus Celtic on 21 December 2014. [7] [8] He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 victory. [8] Coote broke into the matchday squad on a regular basis in the final two months of the 2014–15 season and made his professional debut as a substitute for Calum Butcher after 76 minutes of a 1–0 defeat to Aberdeen on 18 April 2015. [9] [10] He finished the 2014–15 season with three appearances. [9]

Despite appearing regularly for the Development Squad, [3] Coote won only three calls into the first team squad during the 2015–16 season and spent much of the second half of the season away on loan at Scottish League Two club East Fife. [8] [11] After returning from the loan, he made his sole appearance of the season as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016. [12] With SPFL rules stating that a player returning from loan after 31 March is not eligible to play for his parent club during the same season, the rule breach led to Dundee United being deducted three points and fined £30,000. [13]

Dundee United's relegation to the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season saw Coote promoted into the first team squad for 2016–17 and he was a regular inclusion on the substitutes' bench throughout the campaign. [8] He made his first start for the club in the 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final versus St Mirren and won the first senior trophy of his career in the 2–1 victory. [14] His season ended with defeat in the Scottish Premiership play-offs to Hamilton Academical. [14] Coote made 16 appearances during the 2016–17 season and departed the club in June 2017. [14] [15] He made 20 appearances and scored no goals during three seasons as a professional at Tannadice Park. [16]

Brentford B

On 22 June 2017, Coote moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [17] He made 33 appearances and scored 9 goals during the 2017–18 season. [2] Coote had a successful 2018–19 season, winning the team's Player of the Year award and the Middlesex Senior Cup. [18] After loanee Nikolaj Kirk departed the club in March 2019, Coote took over the B team captaincy. [18] [19] During the 2019–20 pre-season, Coote was included in the first team squad for its training camp in Austria. [20] He was frozen out of the B team during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed Brentford in January 2020. [21] He made 79 appearances and scored 19 goals in three seasons for the B team, [21] but failed to receive a call into a first team matchday squad. [8]

Waterford

On 24 January 2020, Coote transferred to League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford on permanent contract. [22] He made 18 appearances and scored three goals during the COVID-19-affected 2020 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign. [5] [8]

Bohemians

On 24 December 2020, it was announced that Coote had transferred to League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians. [5] He immediately became a starter for the team and was named the League of Ireland Player of the Month for August 2021, [8] during which he scored three goals in four appearances, which included a brace in a 2–1 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round first leg victory over PAOK. [23] The following month, Coote signed a one-year contract extension and he finished the 2021 season with 41 appearances and seven goals. [8] [24] Coote made 32 appearances and scored two goals during a mid-table 2022 season, [8] [25] in which he was demoted to the U19 team, but he won his place back under new manager Declan Devine. [26] During the 2023 season, Coote was part of the Leinster Senior Cup-winning squad and scored in the 5–0 Final victory over Usher Athletic. [27] He was released when his contract expired and ended his three seasons with the club on 108 appearances and 15 goals. [8] [28]

Detroit City

On 9 January 2024, Coote transferred to USL Championship club Detroit City and signed a two-year contract. [29] He made 11 appearances and scored one goal prior to his departure on 18 June 2024. [30]

Shelbourne

On 18 June 2024, Coote transferred to League of Ireland Premier Division club Shelbourne and signed an 18-month contract, [31] effective 1 July 2024. [32] He ended the League of Ireland Premier Division championship-winning 2024 season with 20 appearances and one goal. [8] [33]

International career

Coote made his international debut for Scotland at U15 level and won the first of his eight caps in an U15 tournament match versus Italy on 20 March 2012. [34] He won five caps for the U16 team during the 2013–14 season and made appearances in both the 2013 Valerie Ivanov Tournament (scoring his first international goal) and the 2014 Aegean Cup. [35] [36] Coote experienced success in the 2013–14 Victory Shield, scoring his first international brace (versus Northern Ireland) and playing the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 victory in the final versus England. [37] He won five U17 caps during the 2014–15 season and was called into the squad for the 2015 European U17 Championship finals, [38] but was withdrawn from the tournament at the request of Dundee United. [39]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 2014–15 [9] Scottish Premiership 300000——30
2015–16 [12] Scottish Premiership100000——10
2016–17 [14] Scottish Championship 900010—6 [lower-alpha 3] 0160
Total1300010—60200
East Fife (loan) 2015–16 [12] Scottish League Two 62————62
Waterford 2020 [8] LOI Premier Division 17310———183
Bohemians 2021 [8] LOI Premier Division32431—6 [lower-alpha 4] 2—417
2022 [8] LOI Premier Division30220———322
2023 [8] LOI Premier Division30630——2 [lower-alpha 5] 1356
Total921281—622110815
Detroit City 2024 [8] USL Championship 9120———111
Shelbourne 2024 [8] LOI Premier Division13130—4 [lower-alpha 4] 0—201
Career total15019141101028118222
  1. ↑ Includes Scottish Cup, FAI Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, 2 appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Dundee United

Brentford B

Bohemians

Shelbourne

Scotland U16

Individual

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