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Peruvian footballer (born 1990)

Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiɣtoɾ ʝoʃiˈmaɾ ʝoˈtuɱ ˈflores]; born 7 April 1990) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Peruvian Liga 1 club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team. He can play as a left back, left winger, or defensive midfielder.

Yotún first began by playing at the age of 7 in the youth academy Academia Deportiva Cantolao until the age of 12.
^[3] Then he joined the youth divisions of Circolo Sportivo Italiano for two seasons.^[3] Then the following years he was in the youth divisions of Deportivo Real FC, alongside Manuel Tejada.^[3] In 2007, he transferred to one of Peru’s largest clubs, Sporting Cristal, and played in their youth team.^[4][5]

In January 2008 he was loaned out to José Gálvez FBC for the 2008 Descentralizado season. There Yotún made his professional debut on 5 March 2008 in the Torneo Descentralizado in an away league match against Coronel Bolognesi FC. He entered the match in the 46th minute for Renzo Guevara, and the match finished in a 1–1 draw.^{[citation needed]} Yotún scored his first official goal on 9 March 2008 in a league match at home against Atlético Minero, which resulted in 1–0 win for his club.^{[citation needed]}
He played his last game for José Gálvez FBC on 14 December 2008 in the last fixture of the season, which finished in a 2–2 draw at home against Universidad San Martin.^{[citation needed]} He made a total of 28 league appearances and scored 3 goals in his first season in the Descentralizado. This contributed to his club José Gálvez avoiding relegation that season by finishing in 9th place, just 5 points above the relegation zone.

In January 2009 Yotún returned to Sporting Cristal for the 2009 Descentralizado season.
He made his official debut for Sporting Cristal on 9 May 2009 in a league match at home against FBC Melgar. Making his debut at the San Martín de Porres Stadium, he entered the match in the 46th minute replacing Yancarlo Casas, and the match finished in a 2–1 win for Melgar.^{[citation needed]}

Yotún played his 100th Descentralizado match for Cristal on 27 May 2012 in Round 15 away to Juan Aurich.^{[citation needed]} He was also handed the captain’s armband after Carlos Lobaton‘s red card in the 61st minute, but his side could not score the equaliser as the match finished in a 1–0 win for Aurich.^{[citation needed]}

On 27 January 2015 Swedish champions Malmö FF announced that they had signed Yotún on a three-year contract.^[6] He arrived in Malmö as a left back, where he played for the 2015 season. After becoming the third choice left back behind newly arrived Behrang Safari and Pa Konate during the 2016 season, Yotún was played at various midfield positions, where he excelled. Yotún emerged as a key player during the first half of the 2017 season, and was voted Malmö FF player of the month by the supporters in July.^[7]

Yotún signed for Orlando City of Major League Soccer on 4 August 2017.^[8] He made his debut on 13 August in a 3–1 defeat to New York Red Bulls. On 28 September, Yotún scored his first goal for Orlando in a 6–1 win over New England Revolution, a game in which he also registered two assists. Yotún was selected as an All-Star in 2018.

On 27 December 2018, Yotún was sold to Cruz Azul of Liga MX for $4 million.^[9]

On 8 March 2022, Yotún returned to Sporting Cristal.^[10]

In 2011, Yotun’s impressive performances for Sporting Cristal convinced the new Peru national team coach Sergio Markarián to call him up for the 2011 edition of Kirin Cup. Against Japan, he made his national team debut substituting Jesus Rabanal in the 62nd minute. Though on 9 September 2013 against Uruguay for the fight for 5th place in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification group, Yotun’s performance was heavily criticized by Peruvians because of his expulsion during the game, which many argued had cost Peru’s qualification into the tournament.^[11]

In 2015, Yotun was part of the team that finished 3rd in Copa América. He also featured in all three group games of the 2016 Centenario edition but was suspended on yellow card accumulation for Peru’s quarter-finals loss to Colombia.

Yotun was part of the team that qualified for the 2018 World Cup after Peru finished 5th in CONMEBOL qualifying and beat New Zealand in a play-off. It was the first time the country had qualified in 36 years.^[12] He made the 23-man squad that traveled to Russia and featured in all three group games as Peru finished third in the group.^[13]

On 20 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Peru in a 2–1 win over Colombia in the 2021 Copa América.^[14]

As of match played 6 December 2025^[15]

As of match played 9 September 2025.^[16]

As of match played 21 November 2023^[16]

Scores and results list Peru’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yotún goal.

List of international goals scored by Yoshimar Yotún

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 October 2013	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	31	Bolivia	1–0	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	28 May 2016	Memorial Stadium, Seattle, United States	53	El Salvador	3–1	3–1	Friendly
3	3 July 2019	Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	90	Chile	2–0	3–0	2019 Copa América
4	2 July 2021	Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil	103	Paraguay	3–2	3–3	2021 Copa América
5	9 July 2021	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	105	Colombia	1–0	2–3	2021 Copa América
6	20 January 2022	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	113	Jamaica	3–0	3–0	Friendly
7	29 March 2022	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	117	Paraguay	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	21 November 2023	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	128	Venezuela	1–0	1–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Malmö FF

Cruz Azul

Peru

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