James Ryan Coutts (born 15 April 1987) is an English

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and

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who was most recently a player-coach at

National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Vict ...

side

North Geelong Warriors FC North Geelong Warriors Football Club, formerly known as North Geelong Croatia, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club from the regional Victorian city of Geelong. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Au ...

Career

Coutts started his career at

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

and spent time on loan at

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

and Weymouth. He signed for Weymouth after being released by Bournemouth in 2007. He left Weymouth after they were relegated to the

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in May 2009 at the end of the 2008–09 season. Coutt's returned to Weymouth on loan from AFC Totton in December 2011. He returned to his parent club at the end of January. Coutts signed for

leaders Newport County on 4 December 2009, before his release on 1 January 2010. He joined

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

on 9 January. Having made 23 appearances for Dorchester, Coutts joined AFC Totton ahead of the 2011–12 season; there he made 19 appearances, scoring four goals - however, he was loaned out to Weymouth during the season - scoring in their New Year's Eve win over St Albans City. At the season's conclusion, Coutts joined newly promoted

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side

Gosport Borough Gosport Borough Football Club is a professional football club based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA Charter Standard Community Club. They are currently members of the an ...

. Coutts wasn't included on the bench for Gosport's opening game of the season against

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, and later re-signed for AFC Totton on 20 August 2012. He was in the starting eleven for The Stags' league match against

Chesham United Chesham United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Nicknamed "the Generals", they are currently members of the and play at the Meadow. History The club was established in 1917 by a merger o ...

the day after he signed. Coutts scored his first goal of his second spell with Totton in a 4–2 defeat to Stourbridge on 25 August. After moving to Australia and playing for

Albury Wodonga Football Association Albury Wodonga Football Association is a soccer league encompassing much of North East Victoria & the Southern Riverina. The association's headquarters and half of the clubs are based in the City Of Albury (New South Wales), and are affiliate ...

amateur side Twin City Wanderers in Victoria, Coutts signed for the newly created semi-professional outfit Murray United for the 2015

National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Vi ...

season. Coutts departed Murray in October 2017 to take up a role with

Gold Coast United FC Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian Association football, soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first ...

. In May 2018, Coutts moved back to Victoria to take up a role as senior head coach and player of

side

. In his first half-season, Coutts led North Geelong to a third-placed finish. In August 2019, North Geelong announced that Coutts would be leaving the club at season's end to return to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coutts, James 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Weymouth Footballers from Dorset English men's footballers AFC Bournemouth players Grays Athletic F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players A.F.C. Totton players Gosport Borough F.C. players Murray United FC players Gold Coast United FC players North Geelong Warriors FC players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football midfielders