Yoshimar Yotún

Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiktoɾ ʝoʃiˈmaɾ ʝoˈtun ˈflores]; born 7 April 1990) is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Peru national football team, as a left back, left winger, or defensive midfielder.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Yotún and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Yoshimar Yotún
Yotún playing for Malmö FF in 2015
Personal information
Full name Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder / Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Cruz Azul
Number 19
Youth career
1997–2002 Academia Cantolao[3]
2003–2004 Circolo Sp. Italiano[3]
2005–2006 Deportivo Real FC[3]
2007 Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Sporting Cristal 147 (8)
2008 → José Gálvez (loan) 28 (3)
2013 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 23 (0)
2015–2017 Malmö FF 58 (3)
2017–2018 Orlando City 32 (5)
2019– Cruz Azul 54 (3)
National team‡
2011– Peru 95 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2020

Club career

Early career

Yotún first began by playing at the age of 7 in the youth academy Academia Deportiva Cantolao until the age of 12. [3] Then he joined the youth divisions of Circolo Sportivo Italiano for two seasons.[3] Then the following years he was in the youth divisions of Deportivo Real FC, alongside Manuel Tejada.[3] In 2007, he transferred to one of Peru's largest clubs, Sporting Cristal, and played in their youth team.[5][6]

José Gálvez FBC

In January 2008 he was loaned out to José Gálvez FBC for the 2008 Descentralizado season. There Yotún made his professional debut on 5 March 2008 in the Torneo Descentralizado in an away league match against Coronel Bolognesi FC. He entered the match in the 46th minute for Renzo Guevara, and the match finished in a 1–1 draw.[7] Yotún scored his first official goal on 9 March 2008 in a league match at home against Atlético Minero, which resulted in 1–0 win for his club.[8] He played his last game for José Gálvez FBC on 14 December 2008 in the last fixture of the season, which finished in a 2–2 draw at home against Universidad San Martin.[9] He made a total of 28 league appearances and scored 3 goals in his first season in the Descentralizado. This contributed to his club José Gálvez avoiding relegation that season by finishing in 9th place, just 5 points above the relegation zone.

Sporting Cristal

In January 2009 Yotún returned to Sporting Cristal for the 2009 Descentralizado season. He made his official debut for Sporting Cristal on 9 May 2009 in a league match at home against FBC Melgar. Making his debut at the San Martín de Porres Stadium, he entered the match in the 46th minute replacing Yancarlo Casas, and the match finished in a 2–1 win for Melgar.[10]

Yotún played his 100th Descentralizado match for Cristal on 27 May 2012 in Round 15 away to Juan Aurich.[11] He was also handed the captain's armband after Carlos Lobaton's red card in the 61st minute, but his side could not score the equaliser as the match finished in a 1–0 win for Aurich.[11]

Malmö FF

On 27 January 2015 Swedish champions Malmö FF announced that they had signed Yotún on a three-year contract.[12] He arrived in Malmö as a left back, where he played for the 2015 season. After becoming the third choice left back behind newly arrived Behrang Safari and Pa Konate during the 2016 season, Yotún was played at various midfield positions, where he excelled. Yotún emerged as a key player during the first half of the 2017 season, and was voted Malmö FF player of the month by the supporters in July.[13]

Orlando City SC

Yotún signed for Orlando City of Major League Soccer on 4 August 2017[14] He made his debut on August 13 in a 3–1 defeat to New York Red Bulls. On September 28, Yotún scored his first goal for Orlando in a 6–1 win over New England Revolution, a game in which he also registered two assists. Despite his brief spell in MLS, Yotún was selected as an All-Star in 2018.

Cruz Azul

On December 27, 2018, Yotún was sold to Cruz Azul of Liga MX for $4 million.[15]

International career

In 2011, Yotun's impressive performances for Sporting Cristal convinced the new Peru national team coach Sergio Markarian to call him up for the 2011 edition of Kirin Cup. Against Japan, he made his national team debut substituting Jesus Rabanal in the 62nd minute. Though on 9 September 2013 against Uruguay for the fight for 5th place in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification group, Yotun's performance was heavily criticized by Peruvians because of his expulsion during the game, which many argued had cost Peru's qualification into the tournament.[16]

In 2015, Yotun was part of the team that finished 3rd in Copa América. He also featured in all three group games of the 2016 Centenario edition but was suspended on yellow card accumulation for Peru's quarter-finals loss to Colombia.

Yotun was part of the team that qualified for the 2018 World Cup after Peru finished 5th in CONMEBOL qualifying and beat New Zealand in a play-off. It was the first time the country had qualified in 36 years.[17] He made the 23-man squad that traveled to Russia and featured in all three group games as Peru finished third in the group.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 May 2019.[19]
Yotún in a Champions League qualifier against Red Bull Salzburg in 2015.
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
José Gálvez (loan) 2008 Peruvian Primera División 28300—283
Total 28 3 0 0 0 0 28 3
Sporting Cristal 2009 Peruvian Primera División 23000—230
2010 36400—364
2011 27100—271
2012 35200—352
2014 26 1 10 1 2 0 38 2
Total 1478101201599
Vasco da Gama (loan) 2013 Brazlian Série A 27[A]040—310
Total 27 0 4 0 0 0 31 0
Malmö FF 2015 Allsvenskan 24140100381
2016 19050—240
2017 1520020172
Total 58390120793
Orlando City 2017 MLS 10100—101
2018 22400—224
Total 3250000325
Cruz Azul 2018–19 Liga MX 16 1 1 1 — 17 2
Career total 3082023114034622
A. ^ This includes four appearances in the 2013 Campeonato Carioca.

International
As of 13 October 2020.[19]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Peru 2011120
2012110
201381
201480
2015110
2016101
201790
2018130
2019111
202020
Total953

International goals
As of match played 3 July 2019. Peru score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yotún goal.[20]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 October 2013Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru31 Bolivia1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 28 May 2016Memorial Stadium, Seattle, United States53 El Salvador3–13–1Friendly
3 3 July 2019Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil90 Chile2–03–02019 Copa América

Honours

Club
Sporting Cristal
Malmö FF
Cruz Azul

International
Peru

Individual

References
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  2. "Yoshimar's Yotun height".
  3. "Yoshimar Yotun – Player Profile" (in Spanish). goaldebronce.blogspot.com. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  4. "Yoshimar Yotún – Player Profile". Footballdatabase.eu.
  5. "Yoshimar Yotún vuole per sé un grande 2011" (in Italian). calciosudamericano.it. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  6. "Yoshimar Yotún".
  7. "coronel bolognesi 1–1 jose galvez". footballdatabase.eu. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  8. "jose galvez 1–0 atletico minero". footballdatabase.eu. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  9. "jose-galvez 2–2 u—san-martin-de-porres". footballdatabase.eu. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  10. "sporting-cristal – melgar". footballdatabase.eu. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  11. "Match:Juan Aurich 1-0 Sporting Cristal". footballdatabase.eu. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  12. "Välkommen till MFF, Yoshimar Yotún". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  13. "Himmelrikets Favorit i juli: "Hoppas allt löser sig så jag blir kvar här många år framöver"". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Himmelriket. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. "Orlando City Signs Peruvian International Yoshimar Yotún as Designated Player". Orlando City Soccer Club. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. Culver, Jordan; USA, Pro Soccer (27 December 2018). "Orlando City transfers Yoshimar Yotún to Liga MX side Cruz Azul". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  16. "Los palos dijeron no: Perú igualó 0–0 con Japón". Depor.pe. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  17. "World Cup: Peru is back at the World Cup after 36-year absence and hopes for a long stay". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  18. "World Cup 2018: Peru beat Australia 2-0 to win first finals match for 40 years". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  19. "Yoshimar Yotún". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  20. Yoshimar Yotún at Soccerway
  21. "Perú: Raúl Fernández es el "Balón de Oro 2009"" (in Spanish). goal.com/es. 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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