.jpg) Coro withGoa 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 | 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 | |||
Ferran Corominas Telechea (born 5 January 1983), known asCoro, is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as aforward.
He spent the majority of his professional career withEspanyol, appearing in 200 competitive games while scoring 24 goals and winning the2006 Copa del Rey with the club.[2] In 2017 he signed withGoa in theIndian Super League, winning several team and individual accolades and also being at one point the competition's all-time top-scorer.[3]
Coro won the2002 European Under-19 Championship withSpain.
Born inVilobí d'Onyar,Girona,Catalonia, Coro was a product ofEspanyol's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 2 November 2003 in a 2–0 home loss toReal Zaragoza,[4] but spent his first professional seasons with thereserve side in theSegunda División B.
In the last matchday of2005–06, on 13 May 2006, Coro scored alast-minute goal againstReal Sociedad, with that 1–0 win saving Espanyol'sLa Liga status andAlavés being relegated instead.[5] He added another inthe final of theCopa del Rey, in a4–1 defeat of Zaragoza.[6]
Coro finished2006–07 with four league goals in 30 games, adding five in 11 matches in the team'srunner-up run in theUEFA Cup, including one apiece in both legs of the semi-final clash againstWerder Bremen.[7][8] In the following three years he totalled 75 league appearances with six goals, alternating between thesubstitutes bench and the starting XI.[9][10]
In mid-January 2011, completely ostracised by manager – and former teammate at Espanyol –Mauricio Pochettino, Coro signed with fellow top-division clubOsasuna on loan until the end ofthe campaign.[11] He spent the following seasons competing in theSegunda División, appearing and scoring regularly forGirona[12] andElche;[13] he helped the latter return to the top flight in hisfirst year, after an absence of 24 years.[14]
On 18 July 2017, 34-year-old Coro signed forIndian Super League franchiseGoa after a brief stint in theCypriot First Division withDoxa 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 overChennaiyin.[16] Twohat-tricks followed on 30 November and 9 December, helping the hosts defeatBengalaru (4–3)[17] andKerala Blasters (5–2),[18] and he eventually won theGolden Boot with 18 goals.[19]
On 30 April 2018, Coro renewed his contract by one year.[20] He continued his good form thefollowing season by scoring a league-best 16 goals, also being awarded the Golden Ball and helping his team reachthe finals.[21]
On 25 May 2019, Coro agreed to another extension at theFatorda Stadium.[22] He left at the end of2019–20;[23] with two back-to-back Golden Boots claimed during his tenure – he also lost the individual accolade in his last season toNerijus Valskis by one goal[24]– he was the only player in the competition's history to achieve this feat.[25]
Coro joinedAtlético Baleares on 29 September 2020.[26] The following June, he left.[27]
| 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 | ||
Espanyol
Elche
Goa
Spain U19
Spain U20
Individual