| Mike Cestor | |
| Fullname: | Mike Botuli Cestor |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1992 |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Birth Place: | Bagneux, France |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pisa |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2010 |
| Youthclubs2: | Leyton Orient |
| Years1: | 2010–2012 |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2011 |
| Clubs2: | → Boreham Wood (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | → Woking (loan) |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2012 |
| Clubs4: | → Woking (loan) |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs5: | Woking |
| Caps5: | 88 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs6: | Épinal |
| Caps6: | 54 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Astra Giurgiu |
| Caps7: | 28 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs8: | CFR Cluj |
| Caps8: | 29 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs9: | Argeș Pitești |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs10: | Radomiak Radom |
| Caps10: | 28 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | DR Congo U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 30 April 2024 |
Mike Botuli Cestor (born 30 April 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.[1]
Born in France, Cestor has earned caps for DR Congo at under-20 level.
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.[2]
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.[3] He signed a new two-year contract on 9 June 2010,[4] 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.[5] His league debut came three days later in the 3–1 defeat to Charlton Athletic.[6]
On 11 January 2011, Cestor went on a month's loan to Boreham Wood,[7] making his debut on 15 January in the 2–0 win over Chelmsford City.[8]
On 19 August 2011, he went on a month's loan to Woking,[9] and made his debut the following day in the 0–0 draw at home to his old club Boreham Wood.[10] 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.[11] He returned to Woking on 12 January 2012 for another month's loan spell,[12] which was later extended, and after a brief return to Orient, he began yet another loan period at Woking.[13] On 15 May 2012, he was one of three players released by Orient manager Russell Slade.[14] On 19 July 2012, Cestor signed permanently for Woking, who were newly promoted to the Football Conference.[15]
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.[16]
Ahead of the following campaign, Cestor was released at the end of his contract, due to his slow progress with his injury.
On 2 July 2016, Cestor joined French side SAS Épinal after a year without a club.[17]
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.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leyton Orient | 2010–11 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[19] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[20] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 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 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Woking | 2012–13 | Conference Premier | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[21] | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Conference Premier | 30 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Conference Premier | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 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[22] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[23] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[24] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||
| Argeș Pitești | 2022–23 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Radomiak Radom | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 269 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 307 | 15 | |||
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