Travis William Cooper (born 21 December 1993) is an Australian professional

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player. He plays as a

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for

South West Queensland Thunder South West Queensland Thunder is a semi-professional soccer club based Toowoomba, and represents the South West Queensland Region in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and Football Queensland Premier League. The club was established in 201 ...

in the

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Early life

Cooper attended The King's School, in North Parramatta, Australia. He also attended the University of Technology, Sydney, for a short period before moving to Venlo.

Senior career

In August 2012, Cooper signed a two-year contract with

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

, who were playing in the

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at the time. He made his professional debut for the club on 9 August 2013, against Willem II, coming off the bench in the 86th minute, and provided the assist for the second goal in the side's 2–0 victory. Cooper scored his first goal for the club in the side's 3–2 victory over

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

, coming on the 85th minute to score. On 3 February 2015, he signed a contract with

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

for the remainder of the

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season.

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* 1993 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Newcastle Jets FC players VVV-Venlo players Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Australian expatriate men's soccer players Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast People educated at The King's School, Parramatta Soccer players from Queensland {{Australia-footy-forward-stub