Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 8% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Brondby
Jul 2025 – May 2026 · 39 matches
1.36 points per game in Superliga (33 matches).
Brondby with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.60 (106 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +155 above the league average under him, +145 under the others.
Most used
- P. Pentz3,370' · Elo 1,818
- N. Vallys3,028' · Elo 1,836
- L. Binks2,827' · Elo 1,896
- M. Divković2,823' · Elo 1,772
- O. Villadsen2,053' · Elo 1,794
- M. Köhlert1,952' · Elo 1,866
- D. Wass1,913' · Elo 1,497
- J. Ambæk1,843' · Elo 1,745
- S. Klaiber1,654' · Elo 1,839
- F. Bundgaard1,570' · Elo 1,812
Leicester
Aug 2024 – Nov 2024 · 15 matches
0.83 points per game in Premier League (12 matches).
Leicester with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.97 (101 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −107 below the league average under him, −83 under the others.
Most used
- W. Faes1,152' · Elo 2,125
- M. Hermansen1,080' · Elo 2,281
- J. Justin1,073' · Elo 2,329
- W. Ndidi1,062' · Elo 2,163
- C. Okoli969' · Elo 1,993
- H. Winks956' · Elo 2,044
- V. Kristiansen950' · Elo 1,992
- J. Vardy926' · Elo 1,612
- F. Buonanotte830' · Elo 2,054
- S. Mavididi739' · Elo 1,960
Nottingham Forest
Feb 2022 – Dec 2023 · 85 matches
1.28 points per game in Premier League / Championship (74 matches).
Nottingham Forest with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.34 (240 matches, 9 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −40 below the league average under him, −10 under the others.
Most used
- B. Johnson5,413' · Elo 2,235
- J. Worrall5,000' · Elo 1,961
- R. Yates4,732' · Elo 2,239
- M. Gibbs-White4,588' · Elo 2,306
- S. McKenna4,028' · Elo 2,104
- O. Mangala3,209' · Elo 2,036
- S. Aurier3,140' · Elo 1,938
- N. Williams2,600' · Elo 2,289
- R. Freuler2,582' · Elo 2,267
- Renan Lodi2,538' · Elo 2,202
Swansea
Aug 2019 – May 2021 · 105 matches
1.62 points per game in Championship (97 matches).
Swansea with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.35 (184 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +76 above the league average under him, −5 under the others.
Most used
- M. Grimes8,812' · Elo 2,136
- F. Woodman8,560' · Elo 1,972
- A. Ayew8,112' · Elo 1,515
- C. Roberts7,490' · Elo 2,108
- J. Bidwell7,077' · Elo 1,806
- J. Fulton5,912' · Elo 1,845
- K. Naughton5,534' · Elo 1,355
- B. Cabango5,164' · Elo 2,118
- M. Guéhi5,143' · Elo 2,697
- J. Lowe3,955' · Elo 1,833
Players under Steven David Cooper
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- B. Cabango+602
in 61 matches · Swansea
- Y. Dhanda+479
in 50 matches · Swansea
- S. Surridge+399
in 72 matches · Nottingham Forest
- F. Woodman+367
in 95 matches · Swansea
- M. Guéhi+346
in 59 matches · Swansea
Fell most
- R. Freuler−167
in 33 matches · Nottingham Forest
- P. Pentz−139
in 37 matches · Brondby
- C. Kouyaté−121
in 32 matches · Nottingham Forest
- B. Tahirović−117
in 31 matches · Brondby
- C. Wood−115
in 23 matches · Nottingham Forest
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−62W. Ndidi2163
in 3 matches · Leicester
−61T. Lockyer1591
in 5 matches · Luton
−61S. Malone1489
in 3 matches · Millwall
−60B. Davies1903
in 4 matches · Sheffield Utd
−56S. Wharton1917
in 3 matches · Blackburn
Nemeses
+184L. Kirkegaard1787
in 3 matches · Viborg
+151S. Jalal1814
in 4 matches · Viborg
+128H. Dalsgaard1820
in 11 matches · Aarhus
+126R. Vinderslev1667
in 4 matches · Sonderjyske
+118A. Wan-Bissaka2336
in 5 matches · Manchester United
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −50
V. Ismaël1857
in 4 matches · Barnsley
- −37
A. Neil2093
in 3 matches · Preston
- −34
Brendan Rodgers2348
in 3 matches · Leicester
- −25
C. Hughton1588
in 3 matches · Nottingham Forest
- −24
in 3 matches · Sheffield Utd
Nemesis coaches
- +115
Nickolai Lund1778
in 3 matches · Viborg
- +89
Carlos Corberán2115
in 4 matches · Huddersfield
- +64
Marco Silva2338
in 5 matches · Fulham
- +61
E. ten Hag2294
in 5 matches · Manchester United
- +49
Thomas Nørgaard1740
in 4 matches · Sonderjyske
Playing style
How Steven David Cooper's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.33style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 8% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Swansea103 matches
Nottingham Forest85 matches
Brondby39 matches