Mike Cestor
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mike Botuli Cestor | ||
Date of birth | 30 April 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Bagneux, France | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj | ||
Number | 92 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | Pisa | ||
2009 | Leyton Orient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Leyton Orient | 3 | (0) |
2011 | → Boreham Wood (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2011 | → Woking (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2012 | → Woking (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Woking | 88 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Épinal | 54 | (7) |
2018–2019 | Astra Giurgiu | 28 | (1) |
2019– | CFR Cluj | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | DR Congo U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2018 |
Mike Botuli Cestor (born 30 April 1992) is a French-born Congolese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian club CFR Cluj.[1] He was named in the Congolese squad for their 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification campaign[2] and the 2013 Toulon Tournament.
Club career
Early career
Cestor was born in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris. Before trialling for Leyton Orient, Cestor had been on the books as a youth player for Italian side Pisa.[3]
Leyton Orient
Cestor joined Orient's youth squad early in the 2009–10 season and also featured in the reserve team before being called up to the first-team squad in December 2009, although he made no first-team appearances.[4] He signed a new two-year contract on 9 June 2010,[5] and he made his professional debut in a League Cup match for Orient, as they won 2–1 at Swindon Town on 10 August 2010.[6] His league debut came three days later in the 3–1 defeat to Charlton Athletic.[7]
On 11 January 2011, Cestor went on a month's loan to Boreham Wood,[8] making his debut on 15 January in the 2–0 win over Chelmsford City.[9]
Woking
On 19 August 2011, he went on a month's loan to Woking,[10] and made his debut the following day in the 0–0 draw at home to his old club Boreham Wood.[11] He made seven appearances for Woking before returning to Orient and coming on as a substitute in their 3–2 League Cup defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 20 September.[12] He returned to Woking on 12 January 2012 for another month's loan spell,[13] which was later extended, and after a brief return to Orient, he began yet another loan period at Woking.[14] On 15 May 2012, he was one of three players released by Orient manager Russell Slade.[15] On 19 July 2012, Cestor signed permanently for Woking, who were newly promoted to the Football Conference.[16]
On 20 December 2014, in a 2–1 defeat to Southport, Cestor suffered a long term knee injury, therefore ruling him out for the remainder of the 2014–15 campaign.[17]
Ahead of the following campaign, Cestor was released at the end of his contract, due to his slow progress with his injury.
SAS Épinal
On 2 July 2016, Cestor joined French side SAS Épinal after a year without a club.[18]
International career
Prior to the 2013 Toulon Tournament, Cestor received a call-up for the DR Congo U20 team. Cestor went on to start all four of DR Congo's games in the Toulon campaign, initially making his debut in a 1–0 defeat against the France U20 side on 30 May 2013.[19]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 April 2019.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leyton Orient | 2010–11 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2011–12 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Boreham Wood (loan) | 2010–11 | Conference South | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Woking (loan) | 2011–12 | Conference South | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Woking | 2012–13 | Conference Premier | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2013–14 | Conference Premier | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Conference Premier | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
Total | 88 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 94 | 2 | |||
Épinal | 2016–17 | Championnat National | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Championnat National 2 Group B | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 6 | |||
Total | 54 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 57 | 8 | ||||
Astra Giurgiu | 2018–19 | Liga I | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
Career total | 196 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 214 | 12 |
Honours
Astra Giurgiu
- Cupa României: Runner-up 2018–19
References
- ^ "BUN VENIT, MIKE CESTOR!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "JO Londres 2012 : les Léopards/espoirs depuis lundi à Casablanca pour affronter les Marocains" (in French). Digital Congo. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Cestor's profile at pisasiamonoi.it Archived 19 July 2012 at archive.today
- ^ "Cestor's profile at leytonorient.com". Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ Chambers agrees new contract
- ^ Swindon Town 1–2 Leyton Orient Archived 28 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Leyton Orient 1–3 Charlton". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Walker moves on". Leyton Orient F.C. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Boreham Wood 2–0 Chelmsford City". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 January 2011.
- ^ "Mike Cestor joins on loan". Woking F.C. 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Woking 0–0 Boreham Wood". Woking F.C. 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Cestor goes to Woking on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Mike Cestor rejoins on loan". Woking F.C. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Lobjoit signs Os deal". Leyton Orient F.C. 15 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mike Cestor and Lee Sawyer sign for Woking". Woking News and Mail. 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Woking FC suffer double whammy with Southport defeat and Cestor injury". Get Surrey. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Cinq recrues et un staff modifié pour la reprise" (in French). SAS Épinal. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "France U21 vs. Congo DR U21". Soccerway. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
External links
- Mike Cestor at Soccerbase (Leyton Orient)
- Mike Cestor at Soccerbase (Woking)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine
- French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- French footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo under-20 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- A.C. Pisa 1909 players
- English Football League players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Boreham Wood F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- SAS Épinal players
- Liga I players
- FC Astra Giurgiu players
- CFR Cluj players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine