Saúl Basilio Coco-Bassey Oubiña

Saúl Coco is a centre-back born in Lanzarote on 9 February 1999. He began at CD Orientación Marítima before joining Espanyol’s youth system in 2016. He returned to the Canary Islands in 2019, entering Las Palmas’ C and B teams and progressing toward senior football. Coco made his professional debut for Las Palmas in a Copa del Rey match against CD Varea on 17 December 2020. He became an important part of the side that won promotion to La Liga in 2022–23. In the following season, he scored a long-range free-kick against Villarreal and received the league’s Goal of the Month award. In July 2024, he moved to Torino, continuing his development in Serie A as a physically strong defender involved in interceptions, blocks and build-up play. Internationally, Saúl Coco represents Equatorial Guinea and featured in their run to the quarter-finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.