He managed Swansea, then Nottingham Forest. The latter to the historic return to the Premier League after the 2021/22 season. Then Cooper was weighed too lightly by Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis in 2023. Then Leicester called in the summer of 2024, but for Cooper it came to a complete halt after two wins in twelve games. Now the Welsh coach chooses to drop the ball island.
Brøndby IF fired Frederik Birk as head coach on Tuesday, the same day Steve Cooper signs a contract until 2028. For the traditional Danish big club, a potential coaching warp, Cooper has a liberating new setting after two years of downturns.
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Brøndby director Benjamin Schmedes praises the appointment.
-Steve is the rare combination of youth and experience, vision and personality. He is a man who can embrace a club like ours and lift both the individual player and the entire club to a new level. We have a desire to accelerate our development so that we can achieve the ambitious sporting goals we have, and not least install a winning culture within the walls of Brøndby Stadium. It requires a mentality, leadership and a pair of broad shoulders, which we have no doubt that Steve possesses. Therefore, we are very happy that he has agreed to take on the challenge, says Schmedes on the club’s website.
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It’s not just any task that awaits Cooper on Saturday. Then archrival FC Copenhagen will come to Brøndby to test the former Premier League coach.
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