Chay Cooper
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chay Cooper[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 2001[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Harlow, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Colchester United | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Southend United | ||
| 2016–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 2020–2021 | → Southend United (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Colchester United | 4 | (2) |
| 2023 | → St Albans City (loan) | 22 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Chay Cooper (born 17 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Colchester United.
Career
Cooper began playing for Southend United at the age of 10. Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, he joined Tottenham Hotspur from Southend as a scholar.[4] He was loaned back to Southend to play in their Under-23 team to get some game time in October 2020.[5]
At the end of the 2020–21 season, Cooper was released by Tottenham. After featuring in a number of pre-season friendlies for Colchester United's Under-23 side, he signed a deal with the club on 3 September 2021.[4]
On 28 September 2021, Cooper made his first-team debut for Colchester, starting in their 1–0 EFL Trophy victory against West Ham United Under-21s.[6] In Cooper's football league debut he came off the bench to score the second goal away at Hartlepool United which Colchester won 2–0.[7] On 2 February 2023, Cooper joined National League South club St Albans City on loan until the end of the season.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colchester United | 2021–22[9] | League Two | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "EFL Squad List 2021/22 & U21 Registered Contract Players" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Chay Cooper at Soccerbase
- ^ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
- ^ a b Waldron, Jonathan (3 September 2021). "Colchester United sign former Spurs youngster Chay Cooper". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Phillips, Chris (22 October 2020). "Chay Cooper returns to Southend United under 23s from Tottenham Hotspur to get game time". Echo. Basildon. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Colchester vs West Ham United U21". Sky Sports. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Hartlepool 0 - 2 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "CHAY COOPER ARRIVES". St Albans City. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Chay Cooper in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2021.