Max Cooper (soccer)

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Max Cooper
Personal information
Full name Maxwell Cooper
Date of birth (2007-01-14) 14 January 2007 (age 18)
Place of birth Newcastle, Australia
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets FC
Number 42
Youth career
Warners Bay FC
2015– Newcastle Jets FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Newcastle Jets FC Youth 8 (1)
2025– Newcastle Jets FC 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Cooper (born 14 January 2007) [1] is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a Centre-back for the Newcastle Jets.

Contents

Youth Career

Newcastle Jets FC

Max joined the Jets academy at the age of eight [2] , progressing through the entire academy before cracking into the Newcastle Jets Youth Team in the 2025 Football NSW League One season.

He would score his first goal for the Youth team against Northern Tigers in round 21, a last minute header from a set-piece [3] .

Club career

Newcastle Jets FC

2025-26 - Debut season and Australia Cup Success

Max made his senior debut for the Jets against Adelaide United in the Australia Cup [4] after impressing Head Coach Mark Milligan with his Youth team performances [5] . Max played all available minutes from the Round of 32 through to the semi-final against Avondale.

Max signed a multi-year scholarship deal [5] ahead of the 2025 Australia Cup Final, which he would unfortunately miss due to illness [6] . He would return to the starting lineup in round one of the 2025–26 A-League against the Central Coast Mariners, where he was shown a yellow card. He would also start the round five fixture against Perth Glory.

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle Jets FC Youth 2025 Football NSW League One8 [7] 1———81
Jets Youth Sub-Total81———81
Newcastle Jets FC 2025-26 A-League Men 2040——60
Career total10140——141

Honours

Newcastle Jets FC

References

  1. ↑ "Maxwell Cooper Stats". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  2. ↑ matthewcomito (2025-09-25). "Jets academy gun completes 10-year journey to first team amid scholarship signing spree". A-Leagues. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  3. ↑ rwood (2025-06-29). "Match Report: Late Max Cooper Header Delivers Victory for Youth team". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  4. ↑ "'You don't want to stuff up': Jets rookie repays faith with assured debut in Cup". www.newcastleherald.com.au. 2025-08-01. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  5. 1 2 rwood (2025-09-25). "Jets Academy graduate Max Cooper Signs Scholarship Deal". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  6. ↑ Jets, Newcastle (4 October 2025). "Newcastle Jets Australia Cup Final Lineup". Facebook.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Match Centre - Dribl Match Centre". competitions.footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
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