| Brandon Cooper | |
| Full Name: | Brandon James Cooper[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Porthcawl, Wales |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Leyton Orient |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Swansea City |
| Years1: | 2018–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Swansea City |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Yeovil Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Newport County (loan) |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Swindon Town (loan) |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs6: | → Leyton Orient (loan) |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | Wales U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 9 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 21:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC) |
Brandon James Cooper (born 14 January 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Leyton Orient. He is a former Wales Under-21 international.
Cooper has been at Swansea since the age of 6. He played for the Swansea under-18s and under-23s then signed a professional contract extension in March 2018.[2]
He was handed his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup.[3]
On 7 February 2020, Cooper joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]
On 7 September 2020, Cooper joined League Two side Newport County on a season-long loan.[5] He made his debut for Newport on 8 September 2020 in the starting line up for a 1–0 EFL Trophy defeat to Cheltenham Town.[6] He made his football league debut on 12 September 2020 as a half time substitute for Matt Dolan in the 1–1 draw for Newport County against Scunthorpe United on the first day of the 2020–21 League Two season.[7] Cooper scored his first football league for Newport in a 2–1 League Two win against Harrogate Town on 31 October 2020.[8] Cooper was selected as the October 2020 EFL Young Player of the Month.[9] On 5 January 2021, Cooper's loan at Newport ended when he was recalled by Swansea.[10] On 29 January 2022, Cooper joined League Two side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[11] Cooper made his Swindon debut in the starting line-up for a League Two 1–1 draw against Crawley Town on 2 February 2022.[12]
On 2 January 2023, Cooper signed for League One club Forest Green Rovers on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[13]
On 1 September 2023, Cooper joined League One club Leyton Orient on loan until January 2024.[14] On 16 January 2024, he returned to Orient on a permanent basis, joining on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15]
Cooper received his first call-up to the Wales senior squad in March 2021 for the friendly match against Mexico and the World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic.[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Swansea City | 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Swansea City U23 | 2018–19 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2019–20 | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Newport County (loan) | 2020–21 | League Two | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2021–22 | League Two | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2022–23 | League One | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Leyton Orient (loan) | 2023–24 | League One | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Career total | 70 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 1 | |||