Víctor Coto
Personal information
Full name Víctor Miguel Coto Ortega
Date of birth (1990-09-29) 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

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]

Club career

Leaving 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

  1. UCR suma otro refuerzo Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine - Teletica (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 "Victor Coto: The first Costa Rican in the S.League | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20.
  3. 1 2 Aziz, Sazali Abdul (February 2, 2017). "Geylang sign S.League's first Costa Rican player". The New Paper.
  4. Desconocido con camisa tricolor - Al Día (in Spanish)
  5. Coto y Romero, desvinculados - Gimnasia Jujuy (in Spanish)
  6. 2014 Verano season stats - Nación
  7. "Geylang salvage draw as Coto ends goal drought | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10.
  8. "ISC a 2016 : Eks Persijap Ini Gabung Persija? -Sepak Bola » Harian Jogja". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.


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