Carles Coto Pagès (born 11 February 1988) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays for
FC Santa Coloma
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as a
right winger
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.
Club career
Born in
Figueres
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The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museu ...
,
Girona
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,
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
, Coto arrived in
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
's youth system in 2001 at the age of 13, from local
UE Figueres
Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in Figueres, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the Primera Catalana league, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilateni ...
. While at Barcelona, he featured in
Nike
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's 2005 “Recuerda mi nombre” (“Remember my name”) advertisement alongside fellow
La Masia
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prospect
Lionel Messi
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. He then moved to
R.E. Mouscron
Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Football in Belgium, Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut (province), Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mous ...
in
Belgium
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, being released after
one season.
Coto returned to his country in the summer of 2008, playing with
Sevilla Atlético
Sevilla Atlético is a Spanish football team based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1950, it is the reserve team of Sevilla FC. It plays in Segunda Federación, and holds home games at '' Estadio Jesús Navas'', w ...
in
Segunda División and
Benidorm CF
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in
Segunda División B,
suffering relegation with the former. In early July 2010, even though he still had one year of contract with the
Valencian Community
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club, he changed teams and countries again, signing for
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
in
Cyprus
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, managed by his former Barcelona youth coach
Guillermo Ángel Hoyos
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*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
*Guillermo Ar ...
.
On 28 June 2011, Coto joined
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
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Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...
in
Georgia
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, sharing teams with several compatriots. In February 2014 he signed for
Uzbek League
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side
Bunyodkor PFK
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Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it ...
, but left in July, quickly agreeing to a one-year deal with
San Marino Calcio
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in the
Lega Pro
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.
On 29 August 2017, the 29-year-old Coto returned to Spain with
CF Rayo Majadahonda after brief stints with Cypriot clubs
Ethnikos Achna FC
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,
Doxa Katokopias FC
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and
Ermis Aradippou FC
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.
Club statistics
Honours
Club
Dinamo Tbilisi
*
Georgian Premier League
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:
2012–13
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Bunyodkor
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Uzbekistan Super Cup
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:
2014
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International
Spain U19
*
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Spain and England ...
:
2007
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
People from Figueres
Sportspeople from the Province of Girona
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Catalonia
Association football wingers
Spain youth international footballers
Royal Excel Mouscron players
Sevilla Atlético players
Benidorm CF footballers
Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
FC Dinamo Minsk players
FC Bunyodkor players
A.S.D. Victor San Marino players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
Doxa Katokopias FC players
Ermis Aradippou FC players
CF Rayo Majadahonda players
Volos N.F.C. players
UE Figueres footballers
FC Santa Coloma players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Belgian Pro League players
Cypriot First Division players
Erovnuli Liga players
Serie C players
Football League (Greece) players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country)
Expatriate footballers in Belarus
Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Andorra
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece