Víctor Miguel Coto Ortega (born September 29, 1990 in Limón, Costa Rica[1]) is a Costa Rican footballer. He is the first Costa Rican to have ever played in the S.League.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Miguel Coto Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | September 29, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Geylang International | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Saprissa | |||
| Cisco Roma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Sliema Wanderers | 9 | (2) |
| 2010 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 19 | (0) |
| 2011 | Zeyar Shew Myay | ||
| 2012 | Persijap Jepara | (1) | |
| 2013–2014 | UCR | 47 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Zeyar Shew Myay | 22 | (7) |
| 2017 | Geylang International | 22 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2017 | |||
Club career
editLeaving Costa Rica aged 15 to start his youth career, Coto lived in italy, during his time at Cisco Roma.
He has played in Europe and Asia[4] had a spell at Argentine second division outfit Gimnasia Jujuy who released him in December 2011.[5]
Coto played the 2014 Verano for Costa Rican primera division side UCR.[6]
Penning a one-year contract with Geylang International in February 2017,[3] the striker scored three goals in pre-season for the Singaporean team,[2] registering his first competitive goal for the Eagles in a 1–1 tie with Warriors FC in the S.League.[7]
Persija Jakarta were rumored to have shown interest in buying him for the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A.[8]
References
edit- ^ UCR suma otro refuerzo Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine - Teletica (in Spanish)
- ^ a b "Victor Coto: The first Costa Rican in the S.League | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20.
- ^ a b Aziz, Sazali Abdul (February 2, 2017). "Geylang sign S.League's first Costa Rican player". The New Paper.
- ^ Desconocido con camisa tricolor - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Coto y Romero, desvinculados - Gimnasia Jujuy (in Spanish)
- ^ 2014 Verano season stats - Nación
- ^ "Geylang salvage draw as Coto ends goal drought | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10.
- ^ "ISC a 2016 : Eks Persijap Ini Gabung Persija? -Sepak Bola » Harian Jogja". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
External links
edit- Victor Coto Ortega at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Víctor Coto at Soccerway
- Under Ladrón: Víctor Coto Ortega (in Spanish)
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