Cooper Legrand

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Cooper Legrand
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kingston City
Number 7
Youth career
2016–2017 Richmond
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Richmond 7 (0)
2018–2021 Kingston City 56 (15)
2022–2023 Dandenong City 44 (5)
2024– Kingston City 18 (9)
International career
2017 Mauritius U20 3 (0)
2017– Mauritius 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Cooper Legrand (born 30 December 1998) is a Mauritian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kingston City and the Mauritius national football team.

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Club career

Legrand started his senior professional career at Richmond in the 2017 NPL Victoria 2 East season after scoring 40 goals in 44 games in the 2017 NPL 2 Under-20 league and the 2016 NPL Under-18 league. [1]

International career

At the youth level, Cooper represented Mauritius national under-20 football team in the 2017 COSAFA U-20 Cup. [2]

Legrand received his first two call-ups to Mauritius Senior National Team from Francisco Filho for an October 2017 friendly match against Equatorial Guinea [3] and a March 2018 friendly match against Macau.

He was called back to Mauritius by Fidy Rasoanaivo for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Chad in March 2024.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 April 2024. [4] [5]
ClubSeasonLeagueOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Richmond SC 2017 NPL Victoria 2 East 700070
Kingston City 2018 NPL Victoria 2031 [lower-alpha 1] 0213
2019 2350 [lower-alpha 1] 0235
2021 NPL Victoria 2 1171 [lower-alpha 1] 0127
Dandenong City 2022 NPL Victoria 2431 [lower-alpha 1] 0253
2023 NPL Victoria 2 1613 [lower-alpha 1] 1192
Kingston City 2024 1682 [lower-alpha 1] 1189
Career total117278212529
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the FFA Cup

International

As of matches played 31 March 2024. [6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mauritius 201710
201810
202410
Total30

Honours

Dandenong City

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References

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  2. . COSAFA. 9 December 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=v1zdg6hb8Ic . Retrieved 5 April 2024.{{cite AV media}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. . Global Sport Achieve. 10 October 2017 https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2017-10-09/equatorial-guinea-vs-mauritius/1175064/ . Retrieved 5 April 2024.{{cite AV media}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. "FFA Cup Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. Cooper Legrand at National-Football-Teams.com