Mario Cotelo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Gutiérrez Cotelo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | La Felguera, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | Sporting Gijón B | 75 | (6) |
| 1993–2001 | Sporting Gijón | 148 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | → Badajoz (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Sevilla | 5 | (0) |
| 2003 | Las Palmas | 18 | (1) |
| 2003–2009 | Getafe | 142 | (5) |
| Total | 424 | (23) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mario Gutiérrez Cotelo (born 10 February 1975) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.
He amassed La Liga totals of 168 games and six goals over ten seasons, representing in the competition Sporting de Gijón, Sevilla and Getafe.
Club career[edit]
Born in La Felguera, Asturias, Cotelo began his career at local Sporting de Gijón, and played for their reserves in his first two seasons as a senior. In 1993–94 he appeared once for the main squad and, after a loan to Segunda División side CD Badajoz, would become an important player with the latter.[2]
After four full seasons with Gijón, Cotelo returned to La Liga with Sevilla FC, but would only appear five times for the Andalusians over one and a half campaigns, moving to UD Las Palmas in January 2003. In 2003–04 he was a key element in Getafe CF's first-ever promotion to the top flight, and went on to total 93 league games the following three years.[2]
Used sparingly throughout 2007–08, Cotelo also played six incomplete UEFA Cup matches in the Madrid side's quarter-final run. In the next season he featured even less (five minutes of action), and was subsequently released.[2]
Not being able to find a new club, Cotelo retired from the game in early 2010, at the age of 35. He totalled 349 appearances in the country's two major divisions.[2]
On 20 August 2015, Cotelo returned to Sporting to work as a match delegate.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mario Gutiérrez COTELO". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Pascual González, Álvaro (20 June 2013). "Yo jugué en el Getafe: Mario Cotelo" [I played for Getafe: Mario Cotelo] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Quini, tras asumir su nueva responsabilidad institucional: "Quiero morirme en el Sporting"" [Quini, after taking over new institutional responsibility: "I want to die in Sporting"] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
External links[edit]
- Mario Cotelo at BDFutbol
- Mario Cotelo at Soccerway
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Langreo
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Asturias
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Sporting de Gijón B players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- CD Badajoz players
- Sevilla FC players
- UD Las Palmas players
- Getafe CF footballers