Coro (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corominas and the second or maternal family name is Telechea.

Ferran Corominas Telechea (born 5 January 1983), known as Coro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Coro

Coro with Goa in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Ferran Corominas Telechea
Date of birth	(1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth	Vilobí d'Onyar, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Vilobí
	Banyoles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Espanyol B	98	(35)
2003–2011	Espanyol	165	(14)
2011	→ Osasuna (loan)	6	(0)
2011–2012	Girona	40	(18)
2012–2015	Elche	112	(17)
2015–2016	Mallorca	16	(1)
2016–2017	Doxa	18	(5)
2017–2020	Goa	57	(48)
2020–2021	Atlético Baleares	21	(3)
Total		533	(141)
International career
2001	Spain U17	2	(1)
2001–2002	Spain U19	7	(1)
2003	Spain U20	6	(0)
2003–2011	Catalonia	8	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent the majority of his professional career with Espanyol, appearing in 200 competitive games while scoring 24 goals and winning the 2006 Copa del Rey with the club.^[2] In 2017 he signed with Goa in the Indian Super League, winning several team and individual accolades and also being at one point the competition's all-time top-scorer.^[3]

Coro won the 2002 European Under-19 Championship with Spain.

Club career

Espanyol

Born in Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalonia, Coro was a product of Espanyol's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 2 November 2003 in a 2–0 home loss to Real Zaragoza,^[4] but spent his first professional seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B.

In the last matchday of 2005–06, on 13 May 2006, Coro scored a last-minute goal against Real Sociedad, with that 1–0 win saving Espanyol's La Liga status and Alavés being relegated instead.^[5] He added another in the final of the Copa del Rey, in a 4–1 defeat of Zaragoza.^[6]

Coro finished 2006–07 with four league goals in 30 games, adding five in 11 matches in the team's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup, including one apiece in both legs of the semi-final clash against Werder Bremen.^[7][8] In the following three years he totalled 75 league appearances with six goals, alternating between the substitutes bench and the starting XI.^[9][10]

Girona and Elche

In mid-January 2011, completely ostracised by manager – and former teammate at Espanyol – Mauricio Pochettino, Coro signed with fellow top-division club Osasuna on loan until the end of the campaign.^[11] He spent the following seasons competing in the Segunda División, appearing and scoring regularly for Girona^[12] and Elche;^[13] he helped the latter return to the top flight in his first year, after an absence of 24 years.^[14]

Goa

On 18 July 2017, 34-year-old Coro signed for Indian Super League franchise Goa after a brief stint in the Cypriot First Division with Doxa Katokopias.^[15] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 November, finding the net in the 25th minute of a 3–2 away victory over Chennaiyin.^[16] Two hat-tricks followed on 30 November and 9 December, helping the hosts defeat Bengalaru (4–3)^[17] and Kerala Blasters (5–2),^[18] and he eventually won the Golden Boot with 18 goals.^[19]

On 30 April 2018, Coro renewed his contract by one year.^[20] He continued his good form the following season by scoring a league-best 16 goals, also being awarded the Golden Ball and helping his team reach the finals.^[21]

On 25 May 2019, Coro agreed to another extension at the Fatorda Stadium.^[22] He left at the end of 2019–20;^[23] with two back-to-back Golden Boots claimed during his tenure – he also lost the individual accolade in his last season to Nerijus Valskis by one goal^[24]– he was the only player in the competition's history to achieve this feat.^[25]

Later career

Coro joined Atlético Baleares on 29 September 2020.^[26] The following June, he left.^[27]

Career statistics

As of match played on 7 March 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Espanyol B	2001–02[28]	Segunda División B	28	8	—		5[a]	0	33	8
	2002–03[28]	Segunda División B	38	8	—		—		38	8
	2003–04[28]	Segunda División B	32	19	—		—		32	19
	Total		98	35	—		5	0	103	35
Espanyol	2003–04[28]	La Liga	2	0	1	1	—		3	1
	2004–05[28]	La Liga	25	1	1	0	—		26	1
	2005–06[28]	La Liga	32	3	6	1	7[b]	0	45	4
	2006–07[28]	La Liga	30	4	4[c]	0	11[b]	6	45	10
	2007–08[28]	La Liga	26	2	2	1	—		28	3
	2008–09[28]	La Liga	26	3	2	1	—		28	4
	2009–10[28]	La Liga	23	1	0	0	—		23	1
	2010–11[28]	La Liga	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
	Total		165	14	17	4	18	6	200	24
Osasuna (loan)	2010–11[28]	La Liga	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
Girona	2011–12[28]	Segunda División	40	18	0	0	—		40	18
Elche	2012–13[28]	Segunda División	42	12	1	0	—		43	12
	2013–14[28]	La Liga	36	5	2	0	—		38	5
	2014–15[28]	La Liga	34	0	4	0	—		38	0
	Total		112	35	7	0	—		119	35
Mallorca	2015–16[28]	Segunda División	16	1	1	0	—		17	1
Doxa	2016–17[29]	Cypriot First Division	18	5	4	3	—		22	8
Goa	2017–18[29][d]	Indian Super League	20	18	3	2	—		23	20
	2018–19[29]	Indian Super League	20	16	4	5	—		24	21
	2019–20[29]	Indian Super League	17	14	0	0	—		17	14
	Total		57	48	7	7	—		64	55
Career total			464	138	36	14	23	6	523	158

1. Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Includes two appearances in Supercopa de España
4. Appearances in Super Cup^[30][31][32]

Honours

Espanyol

• Copa del Rey: 2005–06^[6]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2006–07

Elche

• Segunda División: 2012–13^[14]

Goa

• ISL League Winners Shield: 2019–20^[33]
• Super Cup: 2019^[34]

Spain U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2002^[35]

Spain U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2003

Individual

• Indian Super League Golden Boot: 2017–18,^[19] 2018–19^[36]
• Super Cup Golden Boot: 2019^[37]
• Football Players' Association of India Foreign Player of the Year: 2019^[38]