Mike Cestor

Mike Cestor
Personal information
Full name Mike Cestor Botuli
Date of birth (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992
Place of birth Bagneux, France
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Astra Giurgiu
Number 25
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) 5 (0)
2012 → Woking (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2015 Woking 88 (2)
2016–2018 Épinal 54 (7)
2018– Astra Giurgiu 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 DR Congo U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:58, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:09, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Mike Cestor Botuli (born 30 April 1992) is a French-born Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian Liga I side Astra Giurgiu. He was named in the Congolese squad for their 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification campaign[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] He signed a new two-year contract on 9 June 2010,[4] 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.[5] His league debut came three days later in the 3–1 defeat to Charlton Athletic.[6]

On 11 January 2011, Cestor went on a month's loan to Boreham Wood,[7] making his debut on 15 January in the 2–0 win over Chelmsford City.[8]

Woking

On 19 August 2011, he went on a month's loan to Woking,[9] and made his debut the following day in the 0–0 draw at home to his old club Boreham Wood.[10] 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.[11] He returned to Woking on 12 January 2012 for another month's loan spell,[12] which was later extended, and after a brief return to Orient, he began yet another loan period at Woking.[13] On 15 May 2012, he was one of three players released by Orient manager Russell Slade.[14] On 19 July 2012, Cestor signed permanently for Woking, who were newly promoted to the Football Conference.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2018.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leyton Orient 2010–11 League One 2000201[lower-alpha 1]050
2011–12 League One 1000100020
Total 3000301070
Boreham Wood (loan) 2010–11 Conference South 9100—0091
Woking (loan) 2011–12 Conference South 16000—00160
Woking 2012–13 Conference Premier 37110—1[lower-alpha 2]0391
2013–14 Conference Premier 30000—2[lower-alpha 2]0320
2014–15 Conference Premier 21110—1[lower-alpha 2]0231
Total 88220—40942
Épinal 2016–17 Championnat National 26111——272
2017–18 Championnat National 2 Group B 28620——306
Total 54731——578
Astra Giurgiu 2018–19 Liga I 0000——00
Career total 1701051305018311
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "JO Londres 2012 : les Léopards/espoirs depuis lundi à Casablanca pour affronter les Marocains" (in French). Digital Congo. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Cestor's profile at pisasiamonoi.it Archived 19 July 2012 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ Cestor's profile at leytonorient.com
  4. ↑ Chambers agrees new contract
  5. ↑ Swindon Town 1–2 Leyton Orient Archived 28 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Leyton Orient 1–3 Charlton". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Walker moves on". Leyton Orient F.C. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Boreham Wood 2–0 Chelmsford City". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mike Cestor joins on loan". Woking F.C. 19 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Woking 0–0 Boreham Wood". Woking F.C. 20 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 20 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Cestor goes to Woking on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Mike Cestor rejoins on loan". Woking F.C. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Lobjoit signs Os deal". Leyton Orient F.C. 15 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Mike Cestor and Lee Sawyer sign for Woking". Woking News and Mail. 19 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Woking FC suffer double whammy with Southport defeat and Cestor injury". Get Surrey. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Cinq recrues et un staff modifié pour la reprise" (in French). SAS Épinal. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "France U21 vs. Congo DR U21". Soccerway. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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