James Cantero

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cantero and the second or maternal family name is Coitiño.
James Cantero
Personal information
Full nameJames Cantero Coitiño
Date of birth7 February 1967
Place of birthPaso de los Toros, Tacuarembó,
Uruguay
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1985Independiente Flores
1986Defensor
1987Rampla Juniors
1988-1989Uruguay de Coronado51(41)
1990–1991Lleida37(17)
1992–1994Real Murcia50(41)
1994Sport Boys12(10)
1995Correcaminos7(3)
1999Lorca
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

  1. ↑ "Paso a paso, con la fuerza de Toros" (in Spanish). Agauntan Che. 13 March 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 PALLARÉS, Ripalda (5 April 2008). "Adrián sigue los pasos de James" [Adrián follows in the footsteps of James] (in Spanish). La Verdad.
  3. ↑ Coto, Gerardo (28 May 2012). "Un histórico vuelve a primera" [A historical return to the Primera] (in Spanish). UNAFUT.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Muntane, Eduard (3 January 1992). "El Murcia se inclina por James Cantero" [Murcia prefers James Cantero] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo.
  7. ↑ Otón, José (29 April 2014). "Mil ojos siguen al nuevo líder del murcianismo" (in Spanish). La Verdad.
  8. ↑ Re, Pedro (20 June 1999). "El Lorca quita las vallas y aún se ve con posibilidades" [Lorca removes the fences and still sees possibilities] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo.
  9. ↑ Pérez Díaz, Omar (16 May 2011). "¡A lo grande!" [A big!] (in Spanish). El Sol de Hidalgo.

Cantero never played in Huracán Buceo (Uruguay)

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