Alto Linus
Alto Bin Linus (born 25 September 1986)[1] is a Sabah footballer who plays as a midfield and forward. He began his career as youth player for Keningau or Pedalaman FC, before join Sabah FA. In 2012, he was called up by K. Rajagopal to represent the national team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alto bin Linus | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sabah FA | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Sabah FA | 36 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | T-Team | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Sabah FA | 60 | (20) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Malaysia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 July 2014 | |||
Club career
Early career
Alto Linus played for amateur team, Keningau or Pedalaman FC against amateur team like Sook FC in friendly match. He also played as forward in the starting line-up.
Sabah FA
Alto Linus joined Sabah FA in 2010 who trained with their other Sabah FA players. He became the first player from Interior Division to play for Sabah FA in the league, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. His positions are midfield or forward.
T-Team
In 2014, he joined Terengganu Neighbour T-Team. He only played twice and did not score any goals.
Return To Sabah FA
In April 2014, he joined his former team Sabah FA, making his comeback after a year with T-Team.
In Jun 2019, he scored an important goal against Negeri Sembilan at Likas Stadium to ensure Sabah at the top of league.
International career
Alto Linus earned his first cap for Malaysia in 2012 where he was called up K. Rajagopal to represent the national team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 June 2019.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sabah FA | 2010 | Malaysia Premier League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 46 | 4 | |||||
| T-Team | 2013 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Sabah FA | 2014 | Malaysia Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 2018 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 8 | |||||
| 2019 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 10 | |||||
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 60 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 64 | 20 | |||
| Career Total | 98 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 112 | 24 | ||