Sebastián Coates

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Coates and the second or maternal family name is Nion.
Sebastián Coates

Coates in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Coates Nion[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting
Number 13
Youth career
2001–2009 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2011 Nacional 60 (8)
2011–2014 Liverpool 22 (2)
2014– Sunderland 32 (0)
2016– Sporting (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2009 Uruguay U20 19 (1)
2012 Uruguay Olympic 3 (0)
2011– Uruguay 22 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2015

Sebastián Coates Nion (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan koˈates ˈnjon]; born 7 October 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Uruguay national team.

Having begun his career at Nacional, where he was a regular from his debut in 2009, Coates joined Liverpool in 2011. He spent time out on loan, back at Nacional, and at Sunderland, and then joined the latter permanently in 2015.

Coates made his international debut at the 2011 Copa América, and was voted Young Player of the Tournament after Uruguay won it. He also represented the country at the 2012 Olympics, 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2015 Copa América.

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 Uruguay's El País.[4] He subsequently started every game for Nacional, notwithstanding suspension and national duty.[5]

Liverpool

Coates 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, reported to be around £7 million.[6][7][8]

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.[9] Coates went on to make his first start for the club on 21 September against Brighton & Hove Albion in the League Cup.[10] 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.[11]

Coates suffered a knee injury playing for Uruguay in a friendly match against Japan in August 2013.[12] The injury sidelined the player for much of the 2013–14 season. The second half of the season saw Coates return to Nacional on loan, helping him to secure a place in Uruguay's World Cup team.[13]

Sunderland

Coates playing for Sunderland against Chelsea in May 2015

On 1 September 2014, Coates was loaned out to fellow Premier League side Sunderland on a season-long loan, joining up with fellow Uruguayan manager Gus Poyet.[14] He made his debut as a starter on the 23rd in the third round of the League Cup, against Stoke City at the Stadium of Light. At half-time, he was substituted for Patrick van Aanholt and Sunderland lost 1–2.[15] His first league match of his loan was on 3 December, playing the entirety of a 1–4 home defeat against Manchester City.[16] Coates had to fill in at left back in the Tyne-Wear derby against Newcastle on 21 December after Anthony Réveillère suffered an injury in the warm up, but coped well as Sunderland won 1-0.[17] However, after Sunderland were beaten 1-3 by Hull in the next game,[18] Coates fell out of favour and failed to make another Premier League start under Poyet. After the manager was sacked and replaced by Dick Advocaat, Coates became more involved. He played every minute of Sunderland's run of five unbeaten games that kept them from relegation with a game to spare.

On 1 July 2015, Sunderland announced that they had signed Coates on a permanent four-year deal for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of £2 million.[19][20] He scored an own goal on 1 November as the team lost 6–2 away to Everton.[21]

On 28 January 2016, Coates signed for Sporting CP on loan until the end of the season. [22]

International career

Coates playing for Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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 in qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he was an unused substitute.[23]

He made his full international debut against Chile in the 2011 Copa América second group match, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina.[24] He played the remainder of the tournament, apart from being suspended for their quarter-final win over the hosts, and Coates went on to win the award for the Best Young Player at the end of the tournament, and his nation won the competition.[25]

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.[26] He played every minute of their campaign, however Uruguay ultimately failed to qualify for the knockout round. At the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, he made one brief substitute appearance in a 2–1 victory against Nigeria and a start in an 8–0 win against Tahiti in the group, as Uruguay finished the tournament in fourth place.

Although injury saw Coates miss out the entire Premier League season, he made a full recovery in time to be selected in the final 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made one appearance as the side reached the last 16, playing two minutes as a substitute for his Liverpool teammate Luis Suárez in the 2–1 group stage victory over England.[27] The following year at the 2015 Copa América in Chile, Coates played Uruguay's final group match, a 1–1 draw against Paraguay, due to the suspension of captain Diego Godín; Uruguay were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the hosts.[28]

Club statistics

As of 2 January 2016[29]
League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Uruguay League – South America Total
2008-09 Nacional Primera División 113–51164
2009-10 362–81443
2010-11 271–50321
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Liverpool Premier League 71203000121
2012–13 50202031121
2013–14 0000000000
Uruguay League – South America Total
2013-14 Nacional (loan) Primera División 50–1060
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2014–15 Sunderland (loan) Premier League 100201000130
2015–16 Sunderland 160002000180
Career total 1177608022315410

Honours

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

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, liverpoolfc.tv, 30 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011. Archived November 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Sebastian Coates set to sign for Liverpool". bbc.co.uk/sport. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "'Historic' Sebastian Coates transfer a coup for Liverpool". The Independent. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Wilkinson, Kerry. "BBC Sport - Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  10. ↑ McNulty, Phil (2011-09-21). "BBC Sport - Brighton 1-2 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  11. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (2012-03-21). "BBC Sport - QPR 3-2 Liverpool". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  12. ↑ Liverpool's Sebastián Coates to miss 'most of the season' with knee injury - The Guardian, 22 August 2013
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "Transfer deadline day: Sunderland sign Liverpool's Sebastian Coates". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Sunderland 1-2 Stoke". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  16. ↑ Johnston, Neil (3 December 2014). "Sunderland 1-4 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  17. ↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sunderlands-sebastian-coates-ranks-tyne-wear-8327569
  18. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30544234
  19. ↑ "Sebastian Coates: Sunderland sign Liverpool defender". BBC. 1 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates from Liverpool on four-year deal". ESPN FC. 1 July 2015.
  21. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (1 November 2015). "Everton 6-2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  22. ↑ http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/2016/january/coates-heads-out-on-loan
  23. ↑ "Match Report: Costa Rica 0 – Uruguay 1". FIFA. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  24. ↑ "Match Report: Uruguay 1–1 Chile". Copa America. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2001.
  25. ↑ "Sebastian Coates receives the Trophy Claro – Best Young Player of the Copa America". Awazsports.com. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  26. ↑ "Convocatoria Uruguay Fútbol Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012" [Uruguay Football Squad London 2012 Olympic Games] (in Spanish). lovingfutbol.com. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  27. ↑ McNulty, Phil (19 June 2014). "Uruguay 2-1 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  28. ↑ Sharma, Rik (20 June 2015). "Uruguay 1-1 Paraguay: Lucas Barrios cancels out Jose Gimenez's opener in La Serena but a point takes Oscar Tabarez's side into the last eight of the 2015 Copa America". Mail Online. DMG Media. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  29. ↑ "Statistics". Soccerbase.

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