Brandon Cooper

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Brandon Cooper
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Brandon Cooper in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Brandon James Cooper [1]
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Porthcawl, Wales
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Salford City
Youth career
2006–2018 Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2024–2025 Leyton Orient 45 (0)
2025– Salford City 0 (0)
International career‡
Wales U17 7
Wales U19 8
2018–2021 Wales U21 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Two club Salford City. He is a former Wales Under-21 international.

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Cooper began his career with Swansea City, coming through the clubs academy before making his début in 2018. However, he failed to make the breakthrough into the first-team, and spent time on loan at National League club Yeovil Town, Newport County and Swindon Town in League Two, and League One teams Forest Green Rovers and Leyton Orient, where he signed permanently in 2024. After 18 months he signed for Salford.

Club career

Swansea City and various loans

Cooper had 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. [3] He was handed his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup. [4]

On 7 February 2020, Cooper joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. [5]

On 7 September 2020, Cooper joined League Two side Newport County on a season-long loan. [6] He made his debut for Newport the next day, starting a 1–0 EFL Trophy defeat to Cheltenham Town. [7] He made his football league debut on 12 September 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. [8] Cooper scored his first football league goal for Newport in a 2–1 league win against Harrogate Town on 31 October. [9] Cooper was selected as the October EFL Young Player of the Month. [10] On 5 January 2021, his loan at Newport ended when he was recalled by Swansea. [11]

On 29 January 2022, Cooper joined League Two side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [12] Cooper made his Swindon debut in the starting line-up for a League Two 1–1 draw against Crawley Town on 2 February. [13]

On 2 January 2023, Cooper signed for League One club Forest Green Rovers on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [14]

Leyton Orient and Salford City

On 1 September 2023, Cooper joined League One club Leyton Orient on loan until January 2024. [15] 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. [16]

In 26 August 2025, Cooper left Orient to sign for League Two team Salford City, signing a two year deal with The Ammies. [17]

International career

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. [18] He received a further call up in September for a World Cup qualifier against Estonia. [19]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2018–19 [20] Championship 000010—10
2019–20 [21] Championship001000—10
2020–21 [22] Championship100000—10
2021–22 [23] Championship401030—80
2022–23 [24] Championship000000—00
2023–24 [25] Championship000000—00
Total502040—110
Swansea City U23 2018–19 [20] ———2 [a] 020
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20 [21] National League 30——0030
Newport County (loan) 2020–21 [22] League Two 19120301 [a] 0251
Swindon Town (loan) 2021–22 [23] League Two80——0080
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23 [24] League One 21010——220
Leyton Orient (loan) 2023–24 [25] League One14020001 [a] 0170
Career total701707040871
  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. ↑ https://www.whoscored.com/players/362818/show/brandon-cooper
  3. ↑ "Cooper Signs new Swans deal". Swansea City FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Marsh, Philip (28 August 2018). "Swansea City 0–1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Transfer | Brandon Cooper signs on loan". Yeovil Town F.C. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Brandon Cooper joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". newport-county.co.uk. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Cooper Newport debut
  8. ↑ Taylor Cooper league debut
  9. ↑ Cooper scores for Newport
  10. ↑ Cooper young player of the month
  11. ↑ Cooper recalled
  12. ↑ "Done Deal: Cooper is a Red!". Swindon Town FC. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Cooper Swindon debut
  14. ↑ "Cooper becomes first January addition". www.fgr.co.uk. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Brandon Cooper joins the O's on Deadline Day". www.leytonorient.com. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  16. ↑ "Brandon Cooper rejoins the O's on permanent deal". www.leytonorient.com. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Salford City bring in defender Cooper". BBC Sport . 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Brandon Cooper: Swansea City defender promoted to senior Wales squad". BBC Sport . 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Brandon Cooper making his mark with Swansea and Wales". South Wales Argus . Press Association. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  24. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Brandon Cooper in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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