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My Take
David Cotterill is the sort of footballer I quietly root for. A Cardiff-born Welsh winger, he broke through at Bristol City, earned a Premier League move to Wigan Athletic, then kept his career alive through stints at Sheffield United. What I appreciate is the grind beneath the surface: reaching the top flight is one thing, but surviving the constant churn of transfers takes real resilience. He may not have been a headline superstar, but players who claw their way up and represent their nation through sheer persistence win my admiration. There is honest dignity in a career built on staying useful.
Overview
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 club Wigan Athletic where he spent two seasons before switching to Sheffield United, initially on loan and then later on a permanent deal.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Cotterill
- Name (Japanese)
- デイビッド・コッテリル
- Reading
- でいびっど・こってりる
- Born
- December 4, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.