Facundo Coria

Facundo Coria
Personal information
Full name Facundo Gabriel Coria
Date of birth (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Casarano
Youth career
2004–2007 Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Vélez Sársfield 18 (2)
2008 → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 10 (1)
2009 → Emelec (loan) 22 (3)
2009–2010 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 33 (5)
2010–2015 Villarreal B 15 (3)
2011 → Pachuca (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 Estudiantes 10 (0)
2012 Colo-Colo 12 (0)
2013–2014 Argentinos Juniors 11 (0)
2015–2016 D.C. United 7 (0)
2016–2017 Quilmes 12 (0)
2017–2018 Sportivo Estudiantes 13 (0)
2019 Monagas 9 (1)
2019–2021 FC Messina 44 (11)
2021– Casarano 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:03, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Facundo Gabriel Coria (Spanish pronunciation: [faˈkundo ˈkoɾja]; born 28 May 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Italian club Casarano.

Career

Coria made his league debut on 18 February 2007 for Vélez Sársfield in a 2–2 draw with Racing Club. Since then he has had several loan spells with other clubs. He joined Arsenal de Sarandí in 2008, CS Emelec of Ecuador in 2009 and Argentinos Juniors between 2009 and 2010.

While at Argentinos he was an important member of the team that won the Clausura 2010 championship, having played in 16 of the club's 19 games and scored four goals during the championship winning campaign. Coria scored the decisive goal in Argentinos Juniors' 2–1 away win against Huracán on the last day of the season to secure the championship ahead of title rivals Estudiantes.[1]

Coria joined Villarreal B on July 1, 2010, for a $846k transfer price. Coria was loaned to CF Pachuca in early 2011 and returned in June after making 6 appearances.[2]

On July 1, 2011, Coria signed with Estudiantes.

Coria joined Chilean team, Colo-Colo in a free transfer on June 25, 2012.

On August 5, 2013, Coria returned to Argentina, joining the Argentinos Juniors.

Coria signed with D.C. United on May 18, 2015.[3] During his time with DC he played 7 games and recorded one assist. His contract was waived on December 7, 2015.[4]

After being left without a club, Coria joined Quilmes on August 9, 2016.

Coria joined Sportivo Estudiantes on September 19, 2017.

On January 1, 2019, Coria joined Venezuelan side, Monagas SC.

Coria joined Italian Serie D club FC Messina on August 29, 2019.

He left FC Messina in August 2021 to join another Serie D club, Casarano.[5]

Honours

Club

Arsenal de Sarandí
Argentinos Juniors

References

  1. ^ "Facundo Coria".
  2. ^ "Facundo Coria Player Summary".
  3. ^ "D.C. United signs forward/midfielder Facundo Coria". 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ Salazar, Sebastian (12 December 2015). "D.C. United boss promises more moves in busy offseason". NBC Sports. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Il Casarano ingaggia l'argentino Facundo Coria. Lascia il Fc dopo due anni" (in Italian). Messina Sportiva. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.