Pablo Coira Lojo (born 18 October 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.

Football career

After starting playing professional football with local SD Compostela, in Segunda División, Coira joined Galicia giants 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, winning the tournament; also in the squad was teammate Pablo Couñago, who was crowned the competition's top scorer.

Pablo Coira

Subsequently, Coira had unassuming stints with Deportivo Alavés – playing no matches in his final year, which ended in top flight relegation, and being loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in between – and Greek club Aris Thessaloniki FC. He returned to Spain in January 2007 to play for lowly UE Figueres in Segunda División B, named UE Casteldefells shortly after.

Pablo Coira

In the 2008–09 campaign, Coira dropped down to Tercera División and joined RCD Espanyol's B-team. 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.

Pablo Coira

Honours

Club

Celta

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000

International

Spain U20

FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999

References

External links

Celta de Vigo biography

1979 births

Living people

Spanish men's footballers

Footballers from Vilagarcía de Arousa

Men's association football defenders

Men's association football midfielders

La Liga players

Segunda División players

Segunda División B players

Tercera División players

SD Compostela footballers

RC Celta Fortuna players

RC Celta de Vigo players

Deportivo Alavés players

Recreativo de Huelva players

UE Figueres footballers

RCD Espanyol B footballers

Super League Greece players

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players

Nemzeti Bajnokság I players

Budapest Honvéd FC players

Spain men's youth international footballers

Spain men's under-21 international footballers

Spanish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Greece

Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary

Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary