Saúl Coco

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coco-Bassey and the second or maternal family name is Oubiña.
Saúl Coco
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Coco with Equatorial Guinea in 2022
Personal information
Full name Saúl Basilio Coco-Bassey Oubiña[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Lanzarote, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Torino
Number 23
Youth career
Orientación Marítima
2013–2016 Las Palmas
2015–2016 → Orientación Marítima (loan)
2016–2018 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Espanyol B 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Horta (loan) 22 (0)
2020–2024 Las Palmas 79 (2)
2024– Torino 38 (3)
International career‡
2018 Equatorial Guinea U23 1 (0)
2017– Equatorial Guinea 29 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:30, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025

Saúl Basilio Coco-Bassey Oubiña (born 9 February 1999), better known as Saúl Coco, is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Torino.[4] Born in Spain, he represents Equatorial Guinea at international level.

Early life

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Coco was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, to Basilio Coco-Bassey Eyanga and a Spanish mother. His father is an Equatoguinean former footballer and current coach[5] who played for Canarian club CDU Puerto del Carmen in the 1987–88 season, alongside his brother Luis (Coco's uncle).[6] Coco is also of Nigerian descent through his paternal grandfather.[7]

Club career

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Coco joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in July 2016, after representing CD Orientación Marítima (where he was trained by his father) and UD Las Palmas.[8][9] In August 2018, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to Tercera División side UA Horta for the season.[10]

Coco made his senior debut on 18 August 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 home win against UE Figueres.[11] The following 18 July, he returned to his former club Las Palmas, being assigned to the C-team also in the fourth division.[2]

Promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B ahead of the 2020–21 campaign, Coco made his first team debut on 17 December 2020, replacing Álvaro Lemos in a 4–0 away win against CD Varea, for the season's Copa del Rey.[12] On 15 June 2022, he renewed his contract until 2025, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[13]

On 15 April 2023, Coco scored his first goal at any level for Las Palmas on his 69th appearance, consolation in a 2–1 loss at Granada CF.[14] The team ended the season with promotion to La Liga, where he scored for the first time on 8 October to open a 2–1 victory away to Villarreal CF; his 30-yard direct free kick won the La Liga Goal of the Month award.[15]

On 17 July 2024, Coco signed for Serie A club Torino FC on a four-year contract.

International career

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Eligible to play internationally for Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria or Spain, Coco was called up to the senior squad of the former in August 2017.[16] He made his full international debut on 3 September, replacing Pablo Ganet in a 1–2 friendly loss to Benin;[17][18] by doing so, he became the first person from Lanzarote to get called up internationally in 67 years.[19] The match was subsequently eliminated from FIFA records,[20] as the referee and his assistants referees were from Equatorial Guinea.[21][22]

Coco became cap-tied to Equatorial Guinea on 17 November 2018, when he appeared in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Senegal.[23] He scored his first international goal on his sixth appearance on 7 October 2021, opening a 2–0 home win over Zambia in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[24] He played all of his team's games in their run to the quarter-finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, scoring in the penalty shootout win over Mali in the last 16.[25]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 October 2025[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Las Palmas 2020–21 Segunda División 2 0 2 0 4 0
2021–22 Segunda División 11 0 1 0 12 0
2022–23 Segunda División 36 1 1 0 37 1
2023–24 La Liga 30 1 1 0 31 1
Total 79 2 5 0 84 2
Torino 2024–25 Serie A 32 2 2 0 34 2
2025–26 Serie A 6 1 2 0 8 1
Total 38 3 4 0 42 3
Career total 117 5 9 0 126 5

International

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Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[27]
List of international goals scored by Saúl Coco
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 October 2021 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 16 November 2021 Stade Olympique de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 1–1 1–1
3. 24 March 2023 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 1–0 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4. 24 March 2025 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 1–1 1–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Individual

References

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