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Sebastián Coates
Coates playing for Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Coates Nion[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 16
Youth career
2001–2009 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Nacional 55 (8)
2011– Liverpool 12 (1)
2014 → Nacional (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2009 Uruguay U20 10 (0)
2012– Uruguay Olympic 3 (0)
2011– Uruguay 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2014

Template:Spanish nameSebastián Coates Nion (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan koˈates ˈnjon]; born 7 October 1990) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League side Liverpool and the Uruguay national team.

Early life

Coates was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is of Scottish ancestry.[3]

Club career

Nacional

Coates joined Nacional at 11, and worked his way up through the age groups, appearing as captain at every level. In 2009, aged 18, he signed a contract and began playing for the first team. His first appearance came against Bella Vista, a performance for which he was named man of the match by El País.[4] He subsequently started every game for Nacional, notwithstanding suspension and national duty.[5]

Liverpool

Sebastian Coátes playing alongside Martin Kelly against Fulham in 2012.

In August 2011, Coates was the subject of substantial interest from English Premier League club Liverpool. He was given permission to have a medical at Melwood ahead of his proposed move on 26 August, and the following day watched Liverpool's match against Bolton Wanderers. On 30 August, after receiving a work permit, Liverpool announced that they had signed Coates on "a long-term contract" for an undisclosed fee.[6][7] Liverpool officially announced that Coates would wear the number 16 shirt, last worn by Sotirios Kyrgiakos who had recently departed to Wolfsburg.

On 18 September, Coates made his debut for Liverpool against Tottenham Hotspur, replacing the injured Daniel Agger in the 27th minute, in a 4–0 defeat.[8] Coates went on to make his first start for the club on 21 September against Brighton & Hove Albion in the League Cup.[9] Liverpool won the match 2–1 and Coates started the next match in this competition against Stoke City which Liverpool also won 2–1. Liverpool progressed through all stages to win the tournament resulting in Coates winning his first medal as a Liverpool player. On 21 March 2012, he scored his first goal for Liverpool against Queens Park Rangers with a magnificent scissor kick from the edge of the box.[10] On 20 September 2012 he scored against BSC Young Boys in the Europa League, his second Liverpool goal in 14 games.

Coates suffered a knee injury playing for Uruguay in a friendly match against Japan in August 2013.[11] The injury is expected to keep the player sidelined for much of the remainder of the 2013-14 season, while Coates himself is keen to return in time to secure a place in Uruguay's World Cup team.[12]

International career

Sebastián Coates with the Best Young Player of the Copa America award in 2011.

After playing for the Uruguay under-20s he was called up for Uruguay's first leg match in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff against Costa Rica where he was an unused substitute.[13]

He made his full international debut against Chile in the 2011 Copa América.[14] Coates went on to win the award for the Best Young Player at the end of the tournament.[15]

He was called up by Óscar Tabárez for the Uruguay Olympic football team that played at the 2012 Summer Olympics which were held in London, United Kingdom.[16] However Uruguay ultimately failed to qualify for the knockout round. Although ravaged by injury which saw Coates missing out on Liverpools 2013/14 English Premier League campaign he gained match fitness by returning to Nacional in April 2014 for 7 matches and he made full recovery in time to be selected in the final 23 men squad for the 2014 World Cup. He featured as a second half substitute coming in for Luis Suarez in the 88th minute in the 2-1 victory over England in the group stage.

Club statistics

As of 18 July 2014.
League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Uruguay League – South America Total
2008–09 Nacional Primera División 11 3 – 5 1 16 4
2009–10 36 2 – 8 1 44 3
2010–11 27 1 – 5 0 32 1
2011–12 1 0 – 0 0 1 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Liverpool Premier League 7 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 12 1
2012–13 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 12 1
Uruguay League – South America Total
2013–14 Nacional (loan) Primera División 6 0 – 1 0 7 0
Career total 93 7 4 0 5 0 22 3 124 10

Honours

Club

Nacional
Liverpool

International

Uruguay

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Clubs submit retained and released lists". Premier League. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ Kerr, Chris. "Player Profile". LFC.TV. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  3. ^ "Seba: My roots are actually in Scotland". Liverpool FC. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  4. ^ Sebastian Coates biography. (Spanish) sebacoates.com.uy Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Our new boy in 10 facts". Liverpool FC. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  6. ^ Coates joins Liverpool[dead link‍], liverpoolfc.tv, 30 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Sebastian Coates set to sign for Liverpool". bbc.co.uk/sport. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Kerry. "BBC Sport - Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  9. ^ McNulty, Phil (2011-09-21). "BBC Sport - Brighton 1-2 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  10. ^ Sanghera, Mandeep (2012-03-21). "BBC Sport - QPR 3-2 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  11. ^ Liverpool's Sebastián Coates to miss 'most of the season' with knee injury - The Guardian, 22 August 2013
  12. ^ Dan Kay (2013-11-27). "Liverpool FC defender Sebastian Coates making injury progress and eyeing Uruguay World Cup slot". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  13. ^ "Match Report: Costa Rica 0 – Uruguay 1". FIFA. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  14. ^ "Match Report: Uruguay 1–1 Chile". Copa America. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2001.
  15. ^ "Sebastian Coates receives the Trophy Claro – Best Young Player of the Copa America". Awazsports.com. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  16. ^ Template:Es "Convocatoria Uruguay Fútbol Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012". lovingfutbol.com. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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