Ces Cotos

Venezuelan footballer (born 2000)

Ces Cotos
Personal information
Full name	César Alejandro Rodríguez Cotos
Date of birth	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Polvorín
Number	18
Youth career
2006–2010	Calasanz
2010–2019	Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Paiosaco	21	(1)
2020–2021	Ourense	49	(2)
2022	Olympiacos Volos	17	(4)
2022–	Polvorín	6	(1)
2022–	Lugo	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022

César Alejandro Rodríguez "Ces" Cotos (born 7 March 2000) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Polvorín FC.

Club career

Born in Barquisimeto, Cotos moved to A Coruña, Spain with only five months of age, and began his career with local side CD Calasanz at the age of six. In 2010, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña's youth sides.^[1]

In 2019, after finishing his formation, Cotos signed for Tercera División side UD Paiosaco.^[2] On 1 September of the following year, after featuring regularly, he moved to fellow league team Ourense CF.^[3]

On 22 January 2022, Cotos left Ourense and signed for Super League Greece 2 side Olympiacos Volos FC.^[4] He made his debut for the club eight days later, coming on as a first-half substitute and scoring the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Apollon Larissa FC. He scored four goals in 17 appearances during the second half of the season, as his side suffered relegation.

In 2022, Cotos returned to Spain and agreed to a contract with CD Lugo, being assigned to the farm team in Segunda Federación. He made his first team debut on 23 October of that year, replacing Jaume Cuéllar in a 2–0 Segunda División home win over Burgos CF.^[5]

References

^ "César se apunta al Ourense CF" [César is set to Ourense CF] (in Spanish). La Región. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "César Cotos: "En el extranjero haces un buen año y puedes salir en el Fifa"" [César Cotos: "In the foreign lands you make a good year and you can appear in Fifa"] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "César Rodríguez Cotos fichado" [César Rodríguez Cotos signed] (in Spanish). Ourense CF. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Ces Cotos deja un Ourense CF que no jugará en Lugo" [Ces Cotos leaves an Ourense CF which will not play in Lugo] (in Spanish). La Región. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "En Lugo sale el sol... y el Burgos cae por primera vez" [Lugo go out in the sun... and Burgos fall for the first time] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.