nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height medaltemplates clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
10 3 17 7 october 1990 sunderland 20:14 , 24 may 2015 -lrb- utc -rrb- 2001 2015 2015 -- -- 2009 2011 -- 2015 2014 2014 -- 2001 -- 2009 55 12 5 10 3 8 1 0 0 0 220px 2009 2012 2011 -- sebastian coates - olympics 2012.jpg sebastián coates coates playing for uruguay at the 2012 summer olympics sebastián coates nion 20 june 2015 montevideo , uruguay uruguay u20 uruguay olympic uruguay 1.96 m 0 on association football 22 0 0 0 nacional nacional -lrb- loan -rrb- sunderland liverpool → nacional -lrb- loan -rrb- → sunderland centre back sebastián coates

sebastián coates

sebastián coates nion -lrb- ; born 7 october 1990 -rrb- is a uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre back for premier league club sunderland and the uruguay national team .
having begun his career at nacional , where he was a regular from his debut in 2009 , coates joined liverpool in 2011 .
he spent time out on loan , back at nacional , and at sunderland , and then joined the latter permanently in 2015 .
coates made his international debut at the 2011 copa américa , and was voted young player of the tournament after uruguay won it .
he also represented the country at the 2012 olympics , 2014 fifa world cup , and the 2015 copa américa .
