David Cotterill

David Cotterill
Cotterill with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name David Rhys George Best Cotterill[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Bristol City 62 (8)
2006–2008 Wigan Athletic 18 (1)
2008Sheffield United (loan) 16 (0)
2008–2010 Sheffield United 38 (6)
2009–2010Swansea City (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012 Swansea City 31 (4)
2011Portsmouth (loan) 15 (1)
2012 Barnsley 11 (1)
2012–2014 Doncaster Rovers 84 (14)
2014–2017 Birmingham City 103 (14)
2017Bristol City (loan) 13 (2)
2018 ATK 3 (0)
2020–2021 Barry Town United 28 (5)
2021 Newtown 8 (0)
Total 434 (56)
International career
2004–2005 Wales U19 3 (1)
2005–2007 Wales U21 9 (4)
2005–2018 Wales 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:16, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

David Rhys George Best Cotterill (born 4 December 1987) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a winger.

Born in Cardiff, Cotterill began his career at Bristol City before signing for Premier League Wigan Athletic where he spent two seasons before switching to Sheffield United, initially on loan and then later on a permanent deal. He then transferred to Swansea City in his native Wales, before spending a spell on loan at Portsmouth and then joining Barnsley. He had two seasons at Doncaster Rovers before joining Birmingham City. He spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan to Bristol City. Cotterill's contract with Birmingham was cancelled by mutual consent in December 2017, and he joined ATK of the Indian Super League. In January 2020, Cotterill came out of retirement to play in the Cymru Premier for Barry Town United and Newtown.

Cotterill represented Wales at full international level on 24 occasions from 2005 to 2018, scoring twice. He was part of their squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ^ "Player profiles: David Cotterill". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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