Frank Kopel

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Frank Kopel
Full name	Frank Kopel
Date of birth	March 28, 1949 (1949-03-28) (age 59)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Playing position	Left back
Youth clubs
1964-67	Manchester United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1967–69 1969–71 1972–82 1982–84	Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Dundee United Arbroath	008 (0) 283 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Frank Kopel born (28 March 1949 in Falkirk) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left back.

[edit] Career

Kopel signed for Manchester United in 1964 as a schoolboy and progressed to the first team, playing ten competitive matches between 1967 and 1969. Blackburn Rovers paid £25,000 to sign him and he stayed at Ewood Park until his release in 1971, signing for Dundee United in early 1972. Kopel would remain at Tannadice for the next ten years, playing nearly 400 first team games, and picking up two League Cup and two Scottish Cup runners-up medals during his time with the Terrors. In 1982, he moved to Arbroath as player/coach, before retiring from playing in 1984. He returned to United to coach and his son, Scott, was an apprentice at Tannadice.^[1] Frank has the honour of a Dundee United Supporters Club being named after him, the Frank Kopel's Travelling Shindig.