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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
 Brentford
Youth career
Tayport Thistle
0000–2014 Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Dundee United 13 (0)
2016 → East Fife (loan) 6 (2)
2017– Brentford 0 (0)
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 13:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Alistair Michael Coote (born 11 June 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Brentford. He began his career with Dundee United and made his first team debut in 2015, before joining Brentford in 2017. He has 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]

Club career

Dundee United

A midfielder, 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.[4] 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.[5][6] He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 victory.[6] 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.[7][8] He finished the 2014–15 season with three appearances.[7]

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.[9][10] After returning from 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,[11] but 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.[12]

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.[13] 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.[13] 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]

East Fife (loan)

On 22 January 2016, Coote joined Scottish League Two club East Fife on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[10] He made his debut and scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 victory over East Stirlingshire the following day.[11] He scored again on his fourth appearance, with the final goal of a 6–0 win over Stirling Albion on 19 March.[11] Coote's loan was ended in April after he had made six appearances and scored two goals with the Fifers.[16][17]

Brentford

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.[18] He made 33 appearances and scored 9 goals during the 2017–18 season, but did not receive a call into a first team squad.[2]

International career

Coote made his international debut for Scotland at U15 level, winning his first cap in an U15 tournament match versus Italy on 20 March 2012 and he went on to win eight caps.[19] He won five caps for the U16 team during the course of the 2013–14 season and made appearances in both the 2013 Valerie Ivanov Tournament (scoring his first international goal) and the 2014 Aegean Cup.[20][21] 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.[22] Coote won five U17 caps during the 2014–15 season and was called into the squad for the 2015 European U17 Championship finals,[23] but was withdrawn from the tournament at the request of Dundee United.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee United 2014–15[7] Scottish Premiership 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2015–16[11] 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2016–17[14] Scottish Championship 9 0 0 0 1 0 6[a] 0 16 0
Total 13 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 20 0
East Fife (loan) 2015–16[11] Scottish League Two 6 2 — — — 6 2
Career total 19 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 26 2
  1. ^ 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup, 2 appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Dundee United

Scotland U16

References

  1. ^ "The FA – Monthly Bulletins – Players under Written Contract – June 2017". p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ali Coote – Midfielder – Brentford B – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Development squad – Ali Coote". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Fourteen for '14: Alistair Coote, Dundee United's dynamic forward". STV Sport. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "SQUAD UPDATE | Dundee United Football Club". Dundee United Football Club. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Alistair Coote Player Profile – ESPN FC". espnfc.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Games played by Alistair Coote in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  8. ^ Duthie, Tom (24 April 2015). "Dundee United expecting big things from kid Ali Coote". Evening Telegraph. Dundee: DC Thomson. Retrieved 26 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Alistair Coote Player Profile – ESPN FC". espnfc.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ a b "Ali Coote Joins East Fife on Loan". dufc.co. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Games played by Alistair Coote in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Dundee Utd docked points for fielding ineligible player Ali Coote v ICT". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Alistair Coote Player Profile – ESPN FC". espnfc.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d "Games played by Ali Coote in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  15. ^ Lorimer, Scott (22 June 2017). "Hot-prospect Ali Coote join Brentford from Dundee United – Evening Telegraph". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Alistair Coote | Football Stats | Dundee United | Age 19 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  17. ^ Berry, Gavin. "Dundee United set to be DOCKED points after fielding ineligible player". dailyrecord. Retrieved 23 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  18. ^ "Brentford FC Ali Coote signs for Brentford". Retrieved 23 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  19. ^ "Alistair Coote – U15 squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  20. ^ "Alistair Coote – U16 squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Scottish Football Association". scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  22. ^ "Miller marvels in Victory Shield triumph". Scottish FA. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  23. ^ "Alistair Coote – U17 squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Zak Rudden called up for Scotland Under-17s". Scottish FA. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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