Paul Cooper

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Personal information
Paul Cooper
Full name	Paul David Cooper
Date of birth	21 December 1953 (1953-12-21) (age 54)
Place of birth	Brierley Hill, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
	Cannock Athletic Sutton Coldfield Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971–1974 1974–1987 1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991	Birmingham City Ipswich Town Leicester City Manchester City Stockport County	017 (0) 447 (0) 056 (0) 015 (0) 022 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul David Cooper (born 21 December 1953) is an English former professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and was on the winning side in the 1978 FA Cup Final and the 1981 UEFA Cup Final with Ipswich Town.

[edit] Playing career

Born in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, Cooper started his professional career as an apprentice with Birmingham City. After playing 17 league matches for the club, in 1974 he moved to Ipswich Town, where he spent the majority of his career and represented the club more than 550 times in all competitions. He was renowned amongst the fans at Portman Road for his ability to save penalties. In 1979-80 he saved 8 out of 10.

He left the club in 1987 and finished his professional career with nearly two seasons at Leicester City and a season each at Manchester City and Stockport County.

Paul and his wife now operate a golfing holidays company in Tenerife.

[edit] Honours

with Ipswich Town

FA Cup winner 1978
UEFA Cup winner 1981

with Stockport County

Football League Division Four promotion 1991

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 79. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.

Persondata
NAME	Cooper, Paul David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1953-12-21
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH