For other people with similar names, see Neil Cooper.
Neale Cooper
Personal information
Full name
Neale James Cooper[1]
Date of birth
(1963-11-24)24 November 1963[1]
Place of birth
Darjeeling,[1] West Bengal, India
Date of death
28 May 2018(2018-05-28) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death
Aberdeen,[1] Scotland
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s)
Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1979
King Street
1979–1980
Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1980–1986
Aberdeen
133
(6)
1986–1988
Aston Villa
20
(0)
1988–1990
Rangers
17
(1)
1990–1991
Reading
7
(0)
1991-1996
Dunfermline Athletic
103
(3)
1996–1996
Ross County
5
(0)
Total
285
(10)
International career
1981–1985
Scotland U21[3]
13
(0)
1983
Scotland U19
Managerial career
1996–2002
Ross County
2003–2005
Hartlepool United
2005
Gillingham
2008–2011
Peterhead
2011–2012
Hartlepool United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Neale James Cooper (24 November 1963 – 28 May 2018) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston Villa, Rangers, Reading, Dunfermline Athletic and Ross County. Cooper then became a coach, and worked as a manager in England with Hartlepool United (twice) and Gillingham, and in Scotland with Ross County and Peterhead.
^ abcde"Neale Cooper". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^"Scotland U21 Player Neale Cooper Details". Fitba Stats. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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