Antonio Jesús Cotán Pérez (born 19 September 1995) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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for
CD Numancia
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.
Club career
Sevilla
Born in
Olivares,
Province of Seville
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,
Andalusia
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, Cotán came through the youth ranks at local club
Sevilla FC
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, spending
his first season as a senior with
the reserves in the
Segunda División B
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. On 9 January 2013 he first appeared with the first team, against
RCD Mallorca
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for
that season's
Copa del Rey
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, but did not leave
the bench in the 1–2 home loss.
On 8 August 2013, one month shy of his 18th birthday, Cotán made his first official appearance with the
Andalusia
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ns, playing the entire second half in a 6–1 away win over
FK Mladost Podgorica
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in the
third qualifying round
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of the
UEFA Europa League
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. On 11 May of the following year, as the main squad had already
secured the fifth place and manager
Unai Emery
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After a career spent playing mostly in Spain's Segunda División, Emery transitioned into coa ...
was resting his starters for the
Europa League final, he made his
La Liga
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debut, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat at
Getafe CF.
Cotán subsequently featured almost exclusively for the B side the following years, helping them in their
promotion
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to
Segunda División
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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
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.
Valladolid
On 8 August 2017, Cotán signed a two-year contract with fellow second-division club
Real Valladolid
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The club colo ...
, with Sevilla holding a buyback clause. He featured rarely during
the campaign due to injury, in a
promotion in the playoffs.
Cotán left the
Estadio José Zorrilla as a
free agent
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on 30 January 2019, having failed to appear in any league matches in
the season.
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Gimnàstic
On 31 January 2019, Cotán agreed to a six-month deal at Gimnàstic de Tarragona
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...
of the second tier. He was used sparingly in his short spell, in an eventual relegation
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.
Roda and Numancia
On 25 July 2019, Cotán moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Roda JC Kerkrade
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of the Dutch Eerste Divisie
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. On 2 September of the following year, he returned to his home nation after signing for CD Numancia
Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...
, recently relegated to division three.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
People from Aljarafe
Sportspeople from the Province of Seville
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Andalusia
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Segunda Federación players
Sevilla Atlético players
Sevilla FC players
Real Valladolid players
Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
CD Numancia players
Eerste Divisie players
Roda JC Kerkrade players
Spain youth international footballers
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands