Ferran Corominas Telechea (born 5 January 1983), known as Coro, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his professional career with Espanyol, appearing in 200 competitive games while scoring 24 goals and winning the 2006 Copa del Rey with the club. In 2017 he signed with

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in the

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, winning several team and individual accolades and also being at one point the competition's all-time top-scorer. Coro won the 2002 European Under-19 Championship with

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Club career

Espanyol

Born in

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, Coro was a product of Espanyol's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 2 November 2003 in a 2–0 home loss to

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, but spent his first professional seasons with the reserve side in the

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. In the last matchday of 2005–06, on 13 May 2006, Coro scored a

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against

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, with that 1–0 win saving Espanyol's

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status and Alavés being relegated instead. He added another in the final of the

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, in a 4–1 defeat of Zaragoza. Coro finished 2006–07 with four league goals in 30 games, adding five in 11 matches in the team's runner-up run in the

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, including one apiece in both legs of the semi-final clash against

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. In the following three years he totalled 75 league appearances with six goals, alternating between the substitutes bench and the starting XI.

Girona and Elche

In mid-January 2011, completely ostracised by manager – and former teammate at Espanyol –

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, Coro signed with fellow top-division club

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on loan until the end of the campaign. He spent the following seasons competing in the

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, appearing and scoring regularly for

and

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; he helped the latter return to the top flight in his

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, after an absence of 24 years.

Goa

On 18 July 2017, 34-year-old Coro signed for

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after a brief stint in the

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with Doxa Katokopias. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 November, finding the net in the 25th minute of a 3–2 away victory over Chennaiyin. Two

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followed on 30 November and 9 December, helping the hosts defeat Bengalaru (4–3) and

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(5–2), and he eventually won the Golden Boot with 18 goals. On 30 April 2018, Coro renewed his contract by one year. He continued his good form the following season by scoring a league-best 16 goals, also being awarded the Golden Ball and helping his team reach

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. On 25 May 2019, Coro agreed to another extension at the

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. He left at the end of 2019–20; with two back-to-back Golden Boots claimed during his tenure – he also lost the individual accolade in his last season to

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by one goal– he was the only player in the competition's history to achieve this feat.

Later career

Coro joined Atlético Baleares on 29 September 2020. The following June, he left.

Career statistics

Honours

Espanyol *

: 2005–06 *

runner-up: 2006–07 Elche *

: 2012–13 Goa * ISL League Winners Shield: 2019–20 *

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Spain U19 *

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Spain U20 *

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runner-up:

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Individual *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19 *Super Cup Golden Boot:

* Football Players' Association of India Foreign Player of the Year: 2019

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coro 1983 births Living people People from Selva 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Girona Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players CE Banyoles players RCD Espanyol B footballers RCD Espanyol footballers CA Osasuna players Girona FC players Elche CF players RCD Mallorca players CD Atlético Baleares footballers Cypriot First Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players Indian Super League players FC Goa players Kings League players Spain men's youth international footballers Catalonia men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India