James Cantero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Cantero Coitiño | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1967 | ||
Place of birth |
Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1985 | Independiente Flores | ||
1986 | Defensor | ||
1987 | Rampla Juniors | ||
1988-1989 | Uruguay de Coronado | 51 | (41) |
1990–1991 | Lleida | 37 | (17) |
1992–1994 | Real Murcia | 50 | (41) |
1994 | Sport Boys | 12 | (10) |
1995 | Correcaminos | 7 | (3) |
1999 | Lorca | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
James Cantero Coitiño (born 7 February 1967) is a Uruguayan former football striker and player's agent.
Career
Born in Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó,[1] Cantero began playing football in the Uruguayan Primera División with Independiente Flores at age 16. Two years later, he joined Montevideo-based side Defensor Sporting Club.[2] He also played for Rampla Juniors before moving to Costa Rica to play for Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado.[3]
In August 1990, Cantero joined Segunda División side UE Lleida, where the 23-year-old would lead the club with 17 league goals.[4] After one season, Real Murcia bouth and sing Cantero, as a mid-season replacement for Bulgarian striker Zvetozar Dermendjiev in January 1992.[5][6] Cantero scored 41 goals for Murcia, including 25 goals during the 1992–93 Segunda División B season.[7]
Cantero next embarked on a journeyman's career, playing for Sport Boys in Peru, Correcaminos UAT in Mexico, as well as clubs in El Salvador, Honduras and United Arab Emirates.[2] He finished his career in the Segunda División B with Lorca Deportiva.[8]
Retirement
After he retired from playing football, Cantero became a player's agent and also acts as a consultant for Mexican club CF Pachuca.[9]
Personal
Cantero's son, Adrian, is also a footballer who plays for CF Pachuca's youth teams.[2]
References
- ↑ "Paso a paso, con la fuerza de Toros" (in Spanish). Agauntan Che. 13 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 PALLARÉS, Ripalda (5 April 2008). "Adrián sigue los pasos de James" [Adrián follows in the footsteps of James] (in Spanish). La Verdad.
- ↑ Coto, Gerardo (28 May 2012). "Un histórico vuelve a primera" [A historical return to the Primera] (in Spanish). UNAFUT.
- ↑ Moncayo, Carmelo (3 August 1990). ""Otro" Conejo para el Lleida: Fichó Cantero un uruguayo goleador en la Liga de Costa Rica" ["Other" Rabbit for Lleida: Signed Cantero, Uruguayan goal-scorer in the Costa Rican League] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo.
- ↑ "El Murcia ficha al uruguayo Cantero y descarta al búlgaro Dermenguiev" [Murcia adds the Uruguayan Cantero to the team and discards the Bulgarian Dermenguiev] (in Spanish). ABC Sevilla. 3 January 1992.
- ↑ Muntane, Eduard (3 January 1992). "El Murcia se inclina por James Cantero" [Murcia prefers James Cantero] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo.
- ↑ Otón, José (29 April 2014). "Mil ojos siguen al nuevo líder del murcianismo" (in Spanish). La Verdad.
- ↑ Re, Pedro (20 June 1999). "El Lorca quita las vallas y aún se ve con posibilidades" [Lorca removes the fences and still sees possibilities] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo.
- ↑ Pérez Díaz, Omar (16 May 2011). "¡A lo grande!" [A big!] (in Spanish). El Sol de Hidalgo.
Cantero never played in Huracán Buceo (Uruguay)
External links
- Profile at BDFutbol
- James Cantero Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)