| Alto Linus | |
| Fullname: | Alto Linus |
| Birth Date: | 1986 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Position: | Midfielder, Defender |
| Years1: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Sabah |
| Caps1: | ? |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | T-Team |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Sabah |
| Caps3: | 112 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Manageryears1: | 2023–2024 |
| Managerclubs1: | Sabah (assistant head coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs2: | Sabah (interim) |
| Club-Update: | 25 February 2023 |
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.
Alto played for an amateur team Keningau/Pedalaman FC in the SAFA Sabah League. He played as forward.
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]
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]
In April 2014, he return to his former team Sabah, making a comeback after only spending six month with T-Team. 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.
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.
Alto begin his coaching career as assistant coach for Sabah F.C. in a match against PDRM at the 2023 Malaysia Super League.[7]
| 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 | |||||||||||||