Antonio Cotán

Antonio Jesús Cotán Pérez (born 19 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for CD Numancia.

Antonio Cotán

Personal information
Full name	Antonio Jesús Cotán Pérez
Date of birth	19 September 1995
Place of birth	Olivares, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Numancia
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Sevilla B	144	(11)
2014–2016	Sevilla	3	(0)
2017–2019	Valladolid	8	(0)
2019	Gimnàstic	10	(0)
2019–2020	Roda	25	(1)
2020–	Numancia	0	(0)
National team
2012	Spain U17	5	(0)
2013	Spain U18	1	(0)
2013	Spain U19	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Sevilla

Born in Olivares, Province of Seville, Andalusia, Cotán came through the youth ranks at local club Sevilla FC, spending his first season as a senior with the reserves in the third division. On 9 January 2013 he first appeared with the first team, against RCD Mallorca for the campaign's Copa del Rey, but did not leave the bench in the 1–2 home loss.[1]

On 8 August 2013, one month shy of his 18th birthday, Cotán made his first official appearance with the Andalusians, playing the entire second half in a 6–1 away win over FK Mladost Podgorica in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[2] On 11 May of the following year, as the main squad had already secured the fifth place and manager Unai Emery was resting his starters for the Europa League final, he made his La Liga debut, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss at Getafe CF.[3]

Cotán subsequently featured almost exclusively for the B-side in the following years, helping them in their promotion to Segunda División in 2016. He scored his first professional goal on 21 August of that year, netting the first in a 3–3 home draw against Girona FC.[4]

Valladolid

On 8 August 2017, Cotán signed a two-year contract with fellow second level club Real Valladolid, with Sevilla holding a buy-back clause.[5] He featured rarely during the campaign due to injury, in a top-level promotion.[6]

On 30 January 2019, after failing to appear in any league matches for the season, Cotán terminated his contract.[6]

Gimnàstic

On 31 January 2019, Cotán agreed to a six-month deal at Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the second tier.[7] He featured sparingly as the side suffered relegation.

Roda / Numancia

On 25 July 2019, Cotán moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Roda JC Kerkrade of the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[8] On 2 September of the following year, he returned to his home nation after signing for CD Numancia, recently relegated to the third tier.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2017[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sevilla Atlético	2012–13	Segunda División B	19	0	~	~	~	~	~	~	19	0
	2013–14		29	2	~	~	~	~	~	~	29	2
	2014–15		34	4	~	~	~	~	~	~	34	4
	2015–16		30	0	~	~	~	~	~	~	30	0
	2016–17	Segunda División	32	5	~	~	~	~	~	~	32	5
	Sevilla Atlético		144	11	~	~	~	~	~	~	144	11
Sevilla	2013–14	La Liga	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	4	0
	2014–15		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2015–16		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Sevilla FC		3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
Valladolid	2017–18	Segunda División	2	0	0	0	~	~	0	0	2	0
Career total			149	11	2	0	2	0	0	0	153	11

1. Appearances in the Europa League

References

1. Misión Imposible (Impossible Mission); Marca, 9 January 2013 (in Spanish)
2. Paseo en Podgorica del Sevilla, que arrasa al Mladost: 1–6 (Sevilla walk in the park in Podgorica, thrashing Mladost: 1–6); Diario AS, 8 August 2013 (in Spanish)
3. Trallazo de oro de Escudero (Escudero golden rocket); Marca, 11 May 2014 (in Spanish)
4. "El Girona remonta tres goles en el campo del filial sevillista" [Girona come back from three goals at Sevilla's reserves] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
5. Cotán ya es blanquivioleta (Cotán is already blanquivioleta); Real Valladolid, 8 August 2017 (in Spanish)
6. "Cotán no continuará en el Real Valladolid" [Cotán will not continue at Real Valladolid] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
7. "El Nàstic ficha a Antonio Cotán" [Nàstic sign Antonio Cotán] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
8. "Roda legt Spaanse middenvelder Cotán vast" [Roda sign Spanish midfielder Cotán] (in Dutch). De Limburger. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
9. "Antonio Cotán, primer fichaje del C. D. Numancia" [Antonio Cotán, first signing of C. D. Numancia] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
10. Antonio Cotán at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

External links

• Antonio Cotán at BDFutbol
• Antonio Cotán at Futbolme (in Spanish)