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Full name | Armando Cooper | ||
Date of birth | November 26, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Colón, Panama | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
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Current club | Godoy Cruz | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005 | Árabe Unido | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2006–2011 | Árabe Unido | 105 | (22) |
2011– | Godoy Cruz | 10 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Panama U-20 | 14 | (3) |
2008 | Panama U-23 | 5 | (1) |
2010– | Panama | 23 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:17, 21 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Armando Cooper (born November 26, 1987) is a Panamanian football midfielder who plays for Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera División.
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Cooper began his career in the youth ranks of Panama's Árabe Unido. In 2006, he debuted for the professional side, and went on to help the team to achieve various domestic titles in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. During January 2011 it was reported that Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls were interested in signing Cooper.[1] However, the transfer did not go through.
In July 2011, he signed with Godoy Cruz of Argentina.
Cooper was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.
He made his debut with the full national team on January 20, 2010 against the national team of Chile. On January 16, 2011, he scored his first goal for Panama in a 2–0 victory over Nicaragua in a 2011 Copa Centroamericana match played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City.[2]
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