Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sheffield Wednesday.
Injury-affected season
Missed 15 of Sheffield Wednesday's ~46 games this season through 15 injury absences (groin, injury). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 14 | 1 | 0 | 909 | 6.71 |
 First Leagueat CSKA Sofia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 6.95 |
Scout report
L. Cooper is a 34-year-old central defender at Sheffield Wednesday, rated 14 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 481st of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.55 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cooper.
Judged on this season alone, Cooper graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 69th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 1 clean sheet and 4.554 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 10 → 12). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 81st of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 34 Cooper is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cooper missed 15 games through injury (groin, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Sheffield Wednesday finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 32.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 14, Cooper carries the 81st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
