Scott Cooper (football manager)
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.jpg) Cooper with Police Tero in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Joseph Cooper | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
| Positions | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991-1992 | South Florida Bulls[3] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999 | Chester City (assistant) | ||
| 2001 | Anguilla | ||
| 2005 | Montserrat | ||
| 2009 | Anguilla | ||
| 2010 | England U-15 (ISFA) | ||
| 2011 | Leicester City (youth) | ||
| 2013 | Buriram United (youth) | ||
| 2013 | Buriram United | ||
| 2014 | Muangthong United | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mitra Kukar | ||
| 2015–2017 | Ubon UMT United | ||
| 2018 | Police Tero | ||
| 2018 | Philippines (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Philippines | ||
| 2020 | Azkals Development Team | ||
| 2020–2022 | Philippines | ||
| 2022 | Port | ||
| 2023 | Jamshedpur | ||
| 2025– | Visakha | ||
Scott Joseph Cooper (born 16 June 1970) is an Irish-English professional football manager who is the head coach of Cambodian Premier League club Visakha.
Cooper last served as the head coach of the Philippines national football team. He has coaching experience with Huntsville Fire, Chester City, the Anguilla national football team, the Montserrat national football team, Leicester City, and the Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) England under-15 national football team.
Early career
Cooper has coached the Anguilla and Montserrat national teams.[4]
Buriram United
Cooper was picked by Buriram United to replace Attaphol Buspakom after the 2013 AFC Champions League against FC Seoul along with his assistant Darren Read.
On his arrival at Buriram United, Cooper found the club in third place of the Thai Premier League, five points adrift of the league leaders. Under Cooper's managerial reign, Buriram were unbeaten in the Thai Premier League, AFC Champions League, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup.
Buriram United won 23 out of 29 matches, drawing five and losing only once under Cooper. The club won all their away games at the top four Thai clubs during the season. Named "Manager of the Month" in June 2013, Cooper led Buriram United to the top 10 club rankings in Asia, creating history for the Thai club in the process. Under Cooper's tutelage, Buriram on an average scored 3.1 goals per game whilst conceding 0.75 goals per game.
Cooper also had a major influence on developing Thai players in his squad, as nine Thai players were called up to the national team.
Muangthong United
On 2 January 2014, Muanthong United officially appointed Cooper as the head coach.[citation needed]
Mitra Kukar
On 11 December 2014, Mitra Kukar officially appointed Cooper as the head coach.[5]
Ubon UMT United
In April 2015, Ubon UMT United officially appointed Cooper as the head coach.[citation needed]
Philippines
In June 2018, Cooper was appointed as senior team adviser of the Philippines (Interim).[6][7] Cooper was later tasked to oversee the national team's training camp in Bahrain in September 2018 in lieu of the newly appointed head coach Terry Butcher, who resigned from his post in August 2018.[8] Cooper's interim tenure ended in late August 2018 when he was officially named as the regular head coach of the Philippine national team.[9]
On 27 October 2018, Sven-Göran Eriksson took over as manager of the Philippines[10] and Cooper assisted Eriksson in the Philippines' stint at the 2018 AFF Championship and 2019 Asian Cup.[11]
Cooper returned as manager in January 2019 after the conclusion of the Philippines' campaign in the continental tournament and Eriksson's short-term contract.[12] Under Cooper, the Philippines gained its highest ever World Cup point total.[13]
In May 2022, it was announced that Cooper stepped down as head coach of the Philippines men's national team.[14][15][16]
ADT
Cooper coached the Azkals Development Team, a football club meant for national team youth prospects. He mentored the team during the 2020 Philippines Football League season.[17] He was succeeded by Giovanni Villagracia in the following season.[18]
Jamshedpur
On 14 July 2023, Cooper was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.[19]
Visakha
On 17 November 2025, Cooper was officially appointed as the head coach of Cambodian Premier League club Visakha FC[20]. In less than 6 months, he led the club into the final of Hun Sen Cup[21].
