Mike Cestor

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Mike Cestor
Personal information
Full name Mike Botuli Cestor
Date of birth (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Bagneux, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 92
Youth career
2008–2009 Pisa
2009–2010 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Leyton Orient 3 (0)
2011 → Boreham Wood (loan) 9 (1)
2011 → Woking (loan) 7 (0)
2012 → Woking (loan) 9 (0)
2012–2015 Woking 88 (2)
2016–2018 Épinal 54 (7)
2018–2019 Astra Giurgiu 28 (1)
2019– CFR Cluj 18 (1)
National team‡
2013 DR Congo U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 24 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2018

Mike Botuli Cestor (born 30 April 1992) is a French-born Congolese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Romanian club CFR Cluj.[1] He was named in the Congolese squad for their 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification campaign[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] He signed a new two-year contract on 9 June 2010,[5] 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.[6] His league debut came three days later in the 3–1 defeat to Charlton Athletic.[7]

On 11 January 2011, Cestor went on a month's loan to Boreham Wood,[8] making his debut on 15 January in the 2–0 win over Chelmsford City.[9]

Woking[]

On 19 August 2011, he went on a month's loan to Woking,[10] and made his debut the following day in the 0–0 draw at home to his old club Boreham Wood.[11] 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.[12] He returned to Woking on 12 January 2012 for another month's loan spell,[13] which was later extended, and after a brief return to Orient, he began yet another loan period at Woking.[14] On 15 May 2012, he was one of three players released by Orient manager Russell Slade.[15] On 19 July 2012, Cestor signed permanently for Woking, who were newly promoted to the Football Conference.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 17 August 2021.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leyton Orient 2010–11 League One 2 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 5 0
2011–12 League One 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 0
Boreham Wood (loan) 2010–11 Conference South 9 1 0 0 — 0 0 9 1
Woking (loan) 2011–12 Conference South 16 0 0 0 — 0 0 16 0
Woking 2012–13 Conference Premier 37 1 1 0 — 1[b] 0 39 1
2013–14 Conference Premier 30 0 0 0 — 2[b] 0 32 0
2014–15 Conference Premier 21 1 1 0 — 1[b] 0 23 1
Total 88 2 2 0 — 4 0 94 2
Épinal 2016–17 Championnat National 26 1 1 1 — — 27 2
2017–18 Championnat National 2 Group B 28 6 2 0 — — 30 6
Total 54 7 3 1 — — 57 8
Astra Giurgiu 2018–19 Liga I 26 1 6 0 — — 32 1
CFR Cluj 2019–20 Liga I 11 1 1 0 — 5[c] 0 17 1
2020–21 Liga I 6 0 0 0 — 1[d] 1 7 1
2021–22 Liga I 1 0 0 0 — 6 1 7 1
Total 18 1 1 0 — 12 2 31 3
Career total 214 12 12 1 3 0 17 2 246 15
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League


Honours[]

Club[]

Astra Giurgiu

CFR Cluj

References[]

  1. ^ "BUN VENIT, MIKE CESTOR!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "JO Londres 2012 : les Léopards/espoirs depuis lundi à Casablanca pour affronter les Marocains" (in French). Digital Congo. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ Cestor's profile at pisasiamonoi.it Archived 19 July 2012 at archive.today
  4. ^ "Cestor's profile at leytonorient.com". Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. ^ Chambers agrees new contract
  6. ^ Swindon Town 1–2 Leyton Orient Archived 28 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Leyton Orient 1–3 Charlton". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Walker moves on". Leyton Orient F.C. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Boreham Wood 2–0 Chelmsford City". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Mike Cestor joins on loan". Woking F.C. 19 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Woking 0–0 Boreham Wood". Woking F.C. 20 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 20 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Cestor goes to Woking on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Mike Cestor rejoins on loan". Woking F.C. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  15. ^ "Lobjoit signs Os deal". Leyton Orient F.C. 15 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Mike Cestor and Lee Sawyer sign for Woking". Woking News and Mail. 19 July 2012.
  17. ^ "Woking FC suffer double whammy with Southport defeat and Cestor injury". Get Surrey. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Cinq recrues et un staff modifié pour la reprise" (in French). SAS Épinal. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  19. ^ "France U21 vs. Congo DR U21". Soccerway. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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