# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-coote
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:33.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-coote"
name: "David Coote"
slug: "david-coote"
description: "David Harry Coote is an English former football referee. His county FA was the Nottinghamshire Football Association. He belonged to the Select Group of Referees in England and officiated primarily in the Premier League before his dismissal in December 2024. On 14 October 2025, he pleaded guilty to the charge of making indecent images of children."
tagline: "English association football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/West_Ham_United_v_Arsenal_F.C.%2C_16_April_2023_(n)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1982-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.69936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82"
    title: "Девід Кут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "ديفيد كوت (حكم كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote"
    title: "David Coote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote_(referee)"
    title: "David Coote (referee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote"
    title: "David Coote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote"
    title: "David Coote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote"
    title: "David Coote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote"
    title: "David Coote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Кут, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coote_(referee)"
    title: "David Coote (referee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%95"
    title: "เดวิด คูต"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16979874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump