Alto Linus

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Alto Linus
Personal information
Full name Alto Linus
Date of birth (1986-09-25) 25 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Sabah ? (7)
2014 T-Team 0 (0)
2014–2022 Sabah 112 (5)
Managerial career
2023–2024 Sabah (assistant head coach)
2024– Sabah (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2023

Alto Linus (born 25 September 1986) [1] is a former Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward. A versatile player, Alto has played in multiple positions, including on the wing and full-back. He notably played more than 200 matches for Sabah in the Malaysian League and holds the all-time record for most appearances for Sabah in the Malaysia Super League, playing 72 games between 2011–2012 and 2020–2022.

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Playing career

Early career

Alto played for an amateur team Keningau/Pedalaman FC in the SAFA Sabah League. He played as forward.

Sabah FA

Alto joined Sabah in 2010. He scored 4 goals for Sabah in his first season as Sabah were promoted to the 2011 Malaysia Super League. [2]

T-Team

In 2014, he joined Kuala Terengganu based club T-Team but have a lack of playing time and demoted into T-Team President's Cup squad. [3]

Return To Sabah

In April 2014, he return to his former team Sabah, making a comeback after only spending six month with T-Team. [3] In June 2019, he scored an important goal against Negeri Sembilan at Likas Stadium to ensure Sabah's position at the top of league. [4] Sabah won the 2019 Malaysia Premier League and promoted to the 2020 Malaysia Super League. [5] Alto retired from playing professionally at the end of 2022 season.

International career

Alto Linus was called up by K. Rajagopal for centralized training in a preparation for 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. [6] However he did not make any official appearances for the national team.

Coaching career

Alto begin his coaching career as assistant coach for Sabah F.C. in a match against PDRM at the 2023 Malaysia Super League. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 November 2022.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sabah 2010 Malaysia Premier League 401–5
2011 Malaysia Super League 2201061–291
2012 12010–10130
2013 Malaysia Premier League 19320–10223
Total702–9
T-Team 2014 Malaysia Super League 0000––00
Total000000–00
Sabah 2014 Malaysia Premier League 70–––70
2015 16110––171
2016 21040––250
2017 15030––180
2018 300090–120
2019 1240060–184
2020 Malaysia Super League 100–00–100
2021 200–60–260
2022 801020–110
Total112590230–1485
Career Total

Honour

Club

Sabah

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References

  1. ↑ "Alto Bin Linus". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Liga Premier 2010 – malaysiafootball-dimos.
  3. 1 2 Mahu libat Sabah kembali digeruni- Alto Linus – sports247, 18 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Alto is the hero for Tambadaus – Daily Express, 16 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Sabah crowned champs – Daily Express, 10 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Dream comes true for Alto Linus – New Sabah Times, 16 March 2012 (via Sabah FA).
  7. ↑ Kesebelasan utama pasukan Sabah Football Club dan PDRM Football Club untuk perlawanan Liga Super di Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu. – Flash Sukan, 25 February 2023.


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