Antonio Cotán
Antonio Jesús Cotán Pérez (born 19 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Melilla.
| 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 | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melilla | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2023 | Numancia | 68 | (1) |
| 2023– | Melilla | 11 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Spain U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Sevilla edit
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 Segunda División B. On 9 January 2013 he first appeared with the first team, against RCD Mallorca for that season'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 1–0 defeat at Getafe CF.[3]
Cotán subsequently featured almost exclusively for the B side the following years, helping them in their promotion to Segunda División in 2016.[4] He scored his first professional goal on 21 August of that year, netting the first in a 3–3 home draw against Girona FC.[5]
Valladolid edit
On 8 August 2017, Cotán signed a two-year contract with fellow second-division club Real Valladolid, with Sevilla holding a buyback clause.[6] He featured rarely during the campaign due to injury, in a promotion in the playoffs.[7][8][9]
Cotán left the Estadio José Zorrilla as a free agent on 30 January 2019, having failed to appear in any league matches in the season.[8]
Gimnàstic edit
On 31 January 2019, Cotán agreed to a six-month deal at Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the second tier.[10] He was used sparingly in his short spell, in an eventual relegation.[11]
Roda and Numancia edit
On 25 July 2019, Cotán moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Roda JC Kerkrade of the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[12] On 2 September of the following year, he returned to his home nation after signing for CD Numancia, recently relegated to division three.[13]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 21 March 2021[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | 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 | 29 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Segunda División | 32 | 5 | — | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 143 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 11 | ||
| Sevilla | 2013–14 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Valladolid | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Gimnàstic | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Roda | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Numancia | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 205 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 14 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
References edit
- ^ De Andrés, Rubén (9 January 2013). "Misión Imposible" [Impossible Mission]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ López, José María (8 August 2013). "Paseo en Podgorica del Sevilla, que arrasa al Mladost: 1–6" [Sevilla walk in the park in Podgorica, thrashing Mladost: 1–6]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Campos, Tomás (11 May 2014). "Trallazo de oro de Escudero" [Escudero golden rocket]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "El Sevilla, único club que tendrá filial en Segunda" [Sevilla, the only club who will have reserves in Segunda]. ABC (in Spanish). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "El Girona remonta tres goles en el campo del filial sevillista" [Girona come back from three goals at Sevilla's reserves]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Cotán ya es blanquivioleta" [Cotán is already blanquivioleta] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Sanz Herrero, Sergio (4 April 2018). "Una rotura del menisco externo deja a Cotán entre cuatro y seis semanas de baja" [Lateral meniscus tear puts Cotán out of action for four to six weeks]. Tribuna de Valladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Cotán abandona el Real Valladolid" [Cotán leaves Real Valladolid]. El Español (in Spanish). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "El Nàstic ficha a Antonio Cotán" [Nàstic sign Antonio Cotán] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Bernad Suelves, Marc (6 May 2019). "Diez jugadores de la plantilla actual aún tienen contrato" [Ten players from current squad still under contract]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Leenders, Jimmy (25 July 2019). "Roda legt Spaanse middenvelder Cotán vast" [Roda sign Spanish midfielder Cotán]. De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Antonio Cotán at Soccerway
External links edit
- Antonio Cotán at BDFutbol
- Antonio Cotán at Futbolme (in Spanish)