Chay Cooper

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Chay Cooper
Personal information
Full name Chay Cooper[1]
Date of birth (2001-11-17) 17 November 2001 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Harlow, England[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colchester United
Number 37
Youth career
2011–2016 Southend United
2016–2021 Tottenham Hotspur
2020 Southend United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Colchester United 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:55, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Chay Cooper (born 17 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Colchester United.

Career[]

Cooper began playing for signed for Southend United at the age of 10. Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, he joined Tottenham Hotspur from Southend as a scholar.[4] He was loaned back to Southend to play in their Under-23 team to get some game time in October 2020.[5]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Cooper was released by Tottenham. After featuring in a number of pre-season friendlies for Colchester United's Under-23 side, he signed a deal with the club on 3 September 2021.[4]

On 28 September 2021, Cooper made his first-team debut for Colchester, starting in their 1–0 EFL Trophy victory against West Ham United Under-21s.[6]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 11 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colchester United 2021–22[7] League Two 0 0 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 4 0
Career total 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL Squad List 2021/22 & U21 Registered Contract Players" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ Chay Cooper at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Waldron, Jonathan (3 September 2021). "Colchester United sign former Spurs youngster Chay Cooper". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ^ Phillips, Chris (22 October 2020). "Chay Cooper returns to Southend United under 23s from Tottenham Hotspur to get game time". Echo. Basildon. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Colchester vs West Ham United U21". Sky Sports. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Games played by Chay Cooper in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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