Víctor Coto Ortega

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]

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
Club 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 18 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coto and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

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. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/victor-coto-first-costa-rican--in-sleague
  3. http://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-football/geylang-sign-sleagues-first-costa-rican-player
  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. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/geylang-salvage-draw-coto-ends-goal-drought
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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