Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores (; born 7 April 1990) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays for Peruvian Liga 1 club

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...

and the Peru national team. He can play as a

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, or

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Club career

Early career

Yotún first began by playing at the age of 7 in the youth academy

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until the age of 12. Then he joined the youth divisions of

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for two seasons. Then the following years he was in the youth divisions of Deportivo Real FC, alongside Manuel Tejada. In 2007, he transferred to one of Peru's largest clubs,

, and played in their youth team.

José Gálvez FBC

In January 2008 he was loaned out to

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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 Club Deportivo Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football (soccer), football club located in the city of Tacna. Originally founded on 18 October 1929, It was named after Francisco Bolognesi. Years later, a second branch of the club called Club Sport ...

. He entered the match in the 46th minute for Renzo Guevara, and the match finished in a 1–1 draw. Yotún scored his first official goal on 9 March 2008 in a league match at home against

Atlético Minero Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and was promoted to the Primera División Peruana in 2008 where it played for one season. It has played in the Peruvia ...

, which resulted in 1–0 win for his club. 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. 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

for the 2009 Descentralizado season. He made his official debut for Sporting Cristal on 9 May 2009 in a league match at home against

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. 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. Yotún played his 100th Descentralizado match for Cristal on 27 May 2012 in Round 15 away to

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. 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.

Malmö FF

On 27 January 2015 Swedish champions

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announced that they had signed Yotún on a three-year contract. 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

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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.

Orlando City SC

Yotún signed for Orlando City of

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on 4 August 2017. He made his debut on 13 August in a 3–1 defeat to

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. On 28 September, Yotún scored his first goal for Orlando in a 6–1 win over

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, a game in which he also registered two assists. Yotún was selected as an All-Star in 2018.

Cruz Azul

On 27 December 2018, Yotún was sold to

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for $4 million.

Return to Sporting Cristal

On 8 March 2022, Yotún returned to

International career

In 2011, Yotun's impressive performances for Sporting Cristal convinced the new Peru national team coach

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to call him up for the 2011 edition of

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. Against

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, he made his national team debut substituting Jesus Rabanal in the 62nd minute. Though on 9 September 2013 against

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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. In 2015, Yotun was part of the team that finished 3rd in

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. 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

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. Yotun was part of the team that qualified for the

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after Peru finished 5th in CONMEBOL qualifying and beat

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in a

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. It was the first time the country had qualified in 36 years. He made the 23-man squad that traveled to

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and featured in all three group games as Peru finished third in the group. On 20 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Peru in a 2–1 win over Colombia in the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yotún goal.''

Honours

Sporting Cristal * Torneo Descentralizado:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Malmö FF *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Cruz Azul *

: Guardianes 2021 *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Peru *

: runner-up

; third place

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, fourth place

Individual * Torneo Descentralizado Left back of the Year:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

MLS All-Star The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is an annual Association football, soccer game held by Major League Soccer featuring selected players from the league against an international club or selected players from another league. MLS initially ado ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

*Copa América Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

Malmö FF profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yotun, Yoshimar 1990 births Living people Footballers from Callao Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Men's association football utility players Academia Deportiva Cantolao players Circolo Sportivo Italiano footballers Sporting Cristal footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers CR Vasco da Gama players Malmö FF players Orlando City SC players Cruz Azul footballers Peruvian Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Allsvenskan players Major League Soccer players Designated Players (MLS) Liga MX players Peru men's international footballers 2011 Copa América players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players FIFA Men's Century Club Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico