Terence Vancooten

Terence Vancooten
Personal information
Full name Terence Owen Vancooten[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-29) 29 December 1997
Place of birth Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Stevenage
Number 15
Youth career
2013 Hampton & Richmond Borough
2013–2014 Leatherhead
2014 Brentford
2014–2015 Staines Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Staines Town 9 (0)
2016–2017 Reading 0 (0)
2016 → Billericay Town (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Basingstoke Town (loan) 9 (0)
2017– Stevenage 23 (0)
National team‡
2017– Guyana 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:17, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:56, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Terence Owen Vancooten (born 29 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for League Two club Stevenage.

Following spells at various youth academies, Vancooten joined Staines Town in 2014 and established himself in the first-team during the 2015–16 season. He joined Championship side Reading in the summer of 2016, and was also loaned out to Billericay Town and Basingstoke Town during his time there. He signed for Stevenage in July 2017. Vancooten has also been capped for Guyana.

Club career

Early career

Vancooten began his career at Hampton & Richmond Borough, before joining Leatherhead's youth system, competing in the West Surrey U16 league.[2] It was at Leatherhead where Vancooten was scouted by Brentford, joining the west London club in 2014 after a successful trial period.[3] After a brief spell at Brentford, he then joined Staines Town at academy level in early 2014, where he also represented the Middlesex FA.[4] He impressed in the academy side and subsequently began to feature for the first-team during the 2015–16 season, making a total of 10 appearances in all competitions.[5]

He signed for Championship side Reading ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, and was placed in their U23 development squad for the season.[5] After a handful of appearances for the U23s,[5] Vancooten was loaned out to Billericay Town in November 2016 for the remainder of the year.[6] He made five appearances for Billericay before returning to his parent club.[7] Vancooten was loaned out once again on 25 February 2017, this time joining Southern League Premier Division side Basingstoke Town for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[4] He made nine appearances for Basingstoke before returning to Reading at the end of the campaign.[7] At the end of the season, Vancooten was released by Reading.[8]

Stevenage

Following his release from Reading, Vancooten spent several weeks on trial at League Two side Stevenage, playing in all of the Hertfordshire club's early pre-season fixtures.[9] The trial period was successful, and he signed a one-year contract, with the option of another year, on 18 July 2017.[9][10] On joining the club, Vancooten stated "I can’t wait to learn off everyone and improve myself as a player. I have already taken in so much. Both the players and management have been brilliant for me so I am confident I am at the right place".[11] He made his professional Football League debut on 26 August 2017, coming on as an 83rd minute substitute as ten-man Stevenage held on to secure a 1–0 away win at local rivals Barnet.[12] After establishing himself in the first-team over the next two months, Vancooten signed an "improved and extended" deal with Stevenage in October 2017.[13] He went on to make 24 appearances during the 2017–18 season.[14]

International career

In October 2017, Vancooten was called up to play for Guyana in a friendly away at Grenada.[15] He started the match, on 7 October 2017, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Staines Town 2015–16[5] IL Premier Division 9010—00100
Reading 2016–17[7] Championship 0000—0000
Billericay Town (loan) 2016–17[7] IL Premier Division 5000—0050
Basingstoke Town (loan) 2016–17[7] SL Premier Division 9000—0090
Stevenage 2017–18[14] League Two 22000002[lower-alpha 1]0240
2018–19[17] League Two 1000002[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 230000040270
Career total 460100040510
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International

National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Guyana 2017–1820
Total20

References

  1. ↑ https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/efl-released-and-retained-list---2016-17.pdf
  2. ↑ "Leatherhead youth midfielder Terence Vancooten". Tony's Soccer School. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brentford's College Partnership an 'opportunity' for teenagers". Brentford F.C. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Basingstoke agree deal for Reading youngster". Basingstoke Town F.C. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Soccerway – Terence Vancooten". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Injury-Hit Blues Add to Squad". Billericay Town F.C. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aylesbury United – Terence Vancooten". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Reading FC transfers: Moore, Kuhl and Tanner let go by Royals as summer clear-out starts". Get Reading. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Terence Vancooten joins Stevenage FC". Stevenage F.C. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Terence Vancooten: Stevenage bring in former Reading full-back". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Vancooten excited for the future". Stevenage F.C. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Barnet 0–1 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Terence Vancooten pens new deal". Stevenage F.C. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Terence Vancooten in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Trio called up for International Duty". Stevenage F.C. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Grenada humble Golden Jaguars 1–0 in St George's". Guyana Chronicle. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Terence Vancooten in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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