{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy Couzens | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|6|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Shipley, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Leeds United | years1 = 1993–1997 | years2 = 1997–1999 | years3 = 1999 | years4 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = Leeds United | clubs2 = Carlisle United | clubs3 = → Blackpool (loan) | clubs4 = Blackpool | caps1 = 29 | caps2 = 43 | caps3 = 4 | caps4 = 17 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | totalcaps = 93 | totalgoals = 3 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }} '''Andy Couzens''' (born 4 June 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He notably played in the Premier League for Leeds United, as well as in the Football League for both Carlisle United and Blackpool.
==Playing career== He was born in Shipley, and started his career with Leeds United, for whom he played in the 1993 FA Youth Cup final, when they beat Manchester United. He managed 29 Premier League appearances for Leeds, scoring once against Coventry City.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Real Job on His Hands |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-a-real-job-on-his-hands-1363480.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-a-real-job-on-his-hands-1363480.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=16 October 2015|work=The Independent|date=14 September 1996}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He scored once in the League Cup against Notts County.<ref>{{cite news|title=Action replay 1995: Notts County v Leeds United |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/action-replay-1995-notts-county-v-leeds-united-1-2254707|accessdate=16 October 2015|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=3 October 1995}}</ref> For a while he was tipped for a bright future in the game, but he never lived up to expectations and in 1997 he dropped down two divisions to sign for Carlisle United.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/clubbyclub-guide-the-prospects-the-players-to-watch-the-arrivals-and-departures-1596119.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/clubbyclub-guide-the-prospects-the-players-to-watch-the-arrivals-and-departures-1596119.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Club-by-club guide: The prospects, the players to watch, the arrivals|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 12 August 1995}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
After Carlisle United were relegated in 1998 and narrowly avoided relegation from the Football League completely a year later, he signed for Blackpool in Division Two but was unable to prevent their relegation at the end of the 1999–2000 season. He then left the Bloomfield Road club and his career was over at a professional level by the time he turned 25.
==Personal life== Couzens works for Leeds United as a host in their hospitality suite; he is also a personal trainer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where Are They Now? {{!}} Footballers {{!}} Andy Couzens |url=https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/footballer/COUZENS+Andy/4412 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.where-are-they-now.co.uk}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120823004636/http://andycouzens.com/ Official website]
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