Alto Linus
Alto Linus (born 25 September 1986)[1] is a former Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward. A versatile player, Alto has played in multiple positions, including on the wing and full-back. He notably played more than 200 matches for Sabah in the Malaysian League and holds the all-time record for most appearances for Sabah in the Malaysia Super League, playing 72 games between 2011-2012 and 2020-2022.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alto Linus | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Sabah | ? | (7) |
| 2014 | T-Team | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2022 | Sabah | 112 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2023 | |||
Playing career
Early career
Alto played for an amateur team Keningau/Pedalaman FC in the SAFA Sabah League. He played as forward.
Sabah FA
Alto joined Sabah in 2010. He scored 4 goals for Sabah in his first season as Sabah were promoted to the 2011 Malaysia Super League.[2]
T-Team
In 2014, he joined Kuala Terengganu based club T-Team but have a lack of playing time and demoted into T-Team President's Cup squad.[3]
Return To Sabah
In April 2014, he return to his former team Sabah, making a comeback after only spending six month with T-Team.[3] In June 2019, he scored an important goal against Negeri Sembilan at Likas Stadium to ensure Sabah's position at the top of league.[4] Sabah won the 2019 Malaysia Premier League and promoted to the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[5] Alto retired from playing professionally at the end of 2022 season.
International career
Alto Linus was called up by K. Rajagopal for centralized training in a preparation for 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup.[6] However he did not make any official appearances for the national team.
Coaching career
Alto begin his coaching career as assistant coach for Sabah F.C. in a match against PDRM at the 2023 Malaysia Super League.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 November 2022.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sabah | 2010 | Malaysia Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | |||||
| 2011 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Malaysia Premier League | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | |||||||
| T-Team | 2014 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sabah | 2014 | Malaysia Premier League | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 112 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | – | 148 | 5 | |||
| Career Total | ||||||||||||
Honour
References
- "Alto Bin Linus". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- Liga Premier 2010 - malaysiafootball-dimos.
- Mahu libat Sabah kembali digeruni- Alto Linus - sports247, 18 January 2022.
- Alto is the hero for Tambadaus - Daily Express, 16 June 2019.
- Sabah crowned champs - Daily Express, 10 July 2019.
- Dream comes true for Alto Linus - New Sabah Times, 16 March 2012 (via Sabah FA).
- Kesebelasan utama pasukan Sabah Football Club dan PDRM Football Club untuk perlawanan Liga Super di Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu. - Flash Sukan, 25 February 2023.