Pablo Coira

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Pablo Coira
Personal information
Full name Pablo Coira Lojo
Date of birth (1979-10-18) 18 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1997–1998 Compostela
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Compostela 29 (2)
1999–2000 Celta B
1999–2003 Celta 42 (0)
2003–2006 Alavés 20 (0)
2004–2005 → Recreativo (loan) 3 (0)
2006–2007 Aris 8 (0)
2007–2008 Figueres
2008–2009 Espanyol B
2010 Honvéd 25 (4)
Total127(6)
International career
1999 Spain U20 9 (0)
1999–2001 Spain U21 9 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Men's football
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Coira Lojo (born 18 October 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

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Career

After starting playing football with local SD Compostela, in the Segunda División, Coira joined Galicia giants RC Celta de Vigo in 1999, appearing sparingly throughout four La Liga seasons (maximum 18 league games in 2001–02). [1] [2] Shortly before signing, he represented Spain at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, winning the tournament; also in the squad was his teammate Pablo Couñago, who was crowned the competition's top scorer. [3]

Subsequently, Coira had unassuming stints with Deportivo Alavés – playing no matches in his final year, which ended in top-flight relegation, after falling out with chairman Dmitry Piterman, and being loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in between – and Greek club Aris Thessaloniki FC. He returned to Spain in January 2007 with UE Figueres in the Segunda División B, named UE Casteldefells shortly after. [4] [5] [6]

For the 2008–09 campaign, Coira dropped down to Tercera División and joined RCD Espanyol's B team. [7] In January 2010, he moved countries for the second time in his career, signing with Budapest Honvéd FC in Hungary, where he was mostly deployed as a central midfielder. [8]

Honours

Celta

Spain U20

References

  1. ↑ "Tal día como hoy nació Pablo Coira" [Pablo Coira was born on a day like today]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Doval, Diego (13 December 2020). "Pablo Coira, la segunda vida futbolística de un campeón del mundo" [Pablo Coira, the second footballing life of a world champion]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 García, Miguel Ángel (17 April 2009). "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Oraá, M. (26 August 2005). "Pablo Coira volvió a entrenarse con el equipo" [Pablo Coira trained with the team again]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pellegrino no se olvida del 'gol de Coro'" [Pellegrino does not forget 'Coro's goal']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Aguilar, Àxel (24 April 2019). "¿Qué fue de los 18 campeones en Nigeria-1999?" [What happened to the 18 champions in Nigeria-1999?]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Pablo Coira, nuevo fichaje del RCD Espanyol B procedente del Castelldefels" [Pablo Coira, new Espanyol B player, from Castelldefels] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 26 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  8. ↑ Ruiz, David (24 May 2010). "Coira hace la competencia a Xavi en Hungría" [Coira a competitor for Xavi in Hungary]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Bravo, Alberto (22 August 2020). "La Intertoto celeste cumple 20 años" [20th anniversary of sky-blue Intertoto] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
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