Ali Coote

Alistair Michael Coote (born 11 June 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Irish club Bohemians as a midfielder. He began his career with Dundee United and made his first team debut in 2015, before joining Brentford in 2017. He represented Scotland at U15, U16 and U17 level.

Club Career

Dundee United

A box-to-box midfielder, Coote began his youth career with Tayport Thistle, before moving to the academy at Dundee United. By late 2013, his performances saw him named by STV as one of 14 youth players to make an impact in 2014. Coote signed his first professional contract in June 2014 and won his maiden call into the first team squad for a Scottish Premiership match versus Celtic on 21 December 2014. He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 victory. Coote broke into the matchday squad on a regular basis in the final two months of the 2014–15 season and made his professional debut as a substitute for Calum Butcher after 76 minutes of a 1–0 defeat to Aberdeen on 18 April 2015. He finished the 2014–15 season with three appearances.

Despite appearing regularly for the Development Squad, Coote won only three calls into the first team squad during the 2015–16 season and spent much of the second half of the season away on loan. After returning from loan, he made his sole appearance of the season as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016, but with SPFL rules stating that a player returning from loan after 31 March is not eligible to play for his parent club during the same season, the rule breach led to Dundee United being deducted three points and fined £30,000.

Dundee United's relegation to the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season saw Coote promoted into the first team squad for 2016–17 and he was a regular inclusion on the substitutes' bench throughout the campaign. He made his first start for the club in the 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final versus St Mirren and won the first