Ollie Cooper

Ollie Cooper
Personal information
Full name Oliver Joseph Cooper
Date of birth (1999-12-14) 14 December 1999
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Notts County
(on loan from Swansea City)
Number 8
Youth career
2011–2021 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Swansea City 107 (7)
2021–2022 → Newport County (loan) 33 (1)
2025–2026 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 9 (1)
2026– → Notts County (loan) 2 (1)
International career‡
2017 Wales U19 3 (0)
2019–2020 Wales U21 3 (0)
2023– Wales 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:18, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:06, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Oliver Joseph Cooper (born 14 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Notts County on loan from EFL Championship club Swansea City, and the Wales national team.

Career

Swansea City

Cooper joined the Swansea youth academy at under-12 level and signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2019.[2] Cooper made his professional debut with Swansea in a 2–0 FA Cup win over Stevenage on 9 January 2021.[3] He scored his first goal for Swansea on 23 January 2021 in a 5–1 win over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup fourth round.[4]

Newport County (loan)

On 31 August 2021, Cooper joined League Two side Newport County on a season-long loan deal, with the option of him returning to his parent club in January 2022.[5] He made his debut for Newport the same day in the starting line-up for the 2–0 win against Plymouth Argyle in the EFL Trophy.[6] Cooper scored his first goal for Newport on 2 October 2021 in the 3–0 League Two win against Scunthorpe United.[7]

Wigan Athletic (loan)

On 1 September 2025 Cooper joined EFL League One club Wigan Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2025–26 season.[8] On 2 January 2026, he returned to his parent club.[9]

International career

Ollie Cooper is a former Wales Under-21 international. In November 2022 Cooper and Jordan James were named as travelling back-up players to the senior Wales squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.[10] Cooper made his senior Wales debut on 28 March 2023 as a second-half substitute for Aaron Ramsey in the Euro 2024 qualifying 1–0 win against Latvia.[11]

Personal life

Ollie Cooper is the son of the retired footballer, coach and manager Kevin Cooper.[2] Cooper is engaged to S4C weather presenter Tanwen Cray, they have one child together called Neli.[12][13] They took part in a reality tv series ("Tanwen & Ollie") showing reality of becoming young parents.[14]

Career statistics

As of 2 January 2026[15]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City U23s 2018–19 N/a ———3[a]030
Swansea City 2020–21 Championship 302100—51
2022–23 Championship 4152110—446
2023–24 Championship 3412020—381
2024–25 Championship 2810010—291
2025–26 Championship 000010—10
Total 10676250001179
Newport County (loan) 2021–22 League Two 33110001[a]0351
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2025–26 League One 9120101[a]0131
Career totals 148992605016811
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ https://www.whoscored.com/players/383324/show/ollie-cooper
  2. 1 2 "Oli Cooper reveals father motivation ahead of U23s' season opener | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  3. ↑ "Stevenage vs. Swansea City – 9 January 2021 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "Swansea 5–1 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ollie Cooper joins Exiles on season-long loan deal". www.newport-county.co.uk. 31 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cooper Newport debut". Sky Sports. 31 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Newport County 3–0 Scunthorpe United: Exiles crush Iron to begin post-Mike Flynn era in style". BBC Sport. 2 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Cooper Wigan loan
  9. ↑ "Ollie Cooper returns to Swansea City". wiganathletic.com. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "World Cup 2022: Ollie Cooper will join Wales squad as back-up as Luke Harris misses out". BBC Sport. 10 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Euro 2024 qualifying: Wales beat Latvia thanks to Moore header". BBC Sport. 27 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Swansea City: TV star Ollie Cooper enjoying chance on the pitch". BBC Sport. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "6 months engaged to my forever 💝 caru ti xxxx". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Cyfres newydd S4C yn dilyn y cwpwl Tanwen Cray ac Ollie Cooper". Cambrian News (in Welsh). 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  15. ↑ Ollie Cooper at Soccerway
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