Pablo Coira

Pablo Coira
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Coira Lojo
Date of birth	October 18, 1979 (age 32)
Place of birth	Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth career
1997–1998	Compostela
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2010.; † Appearances (Goals).;

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Coira and the second or maternal family name is Lojo.

Pablo Coira Lojo (born 18 October 1979 in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia) is a Spanish footballer who plays mainly as a right defender.

[edit] Football career

After starting playing professional football with local SD Compostela, in Segunda División, Coira joined Galicia giants Real Club Celta de Vigo in 1999, appearing sparingly throughout four La Liga seasons (maximum 18 league games in 2001–02). Shortly before joining Celta, he represented Spain at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship,^[1] winning the tournament (also in the squad was teammate striker Pablo Couñago, who was crowned the competition's topscorer).

Subsequently, Coira had unassuming stints with Deportivo Alavés (playing no games in his final season - which ended in top flight relegation - and being loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in between) and Greece's Aris Thessaloniki. He returned to Spain in January 2007 to play for lowly UE Figueres (third level, named UE Casteldefells shortly after).

The following year, he moved countries for the second time in his career, signing with Budapest Honvéd FC in Hungary, where he played most of the time as a central midfielder.^[3]

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Coira Lojo
Date of birth	October 18, 1979 (1979-10-18) (age 32)
Place of birth	Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth career
1997–1998	Compostela
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–1999	Compostela	29	(2)
1999–2000	Celta B	?	(?)
1999–2003	Celta	42	(0)
2003–2006	Alavés	20	(0)
2004–2005	→ Recreativo (loan)	3	(0)
2006	Aris	8	(0)
2007–2008	Figueres	?	(?)
2008–2009	Espanyol B	?	(?)
2010	Honvéd	25	(4)
National team
1999	Spain U20	9	(0)
1999–2001	Spain U21	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2010. † Appearances (Goals).