Alto Linus (born 25 September 1986) is a former Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward who is currently the assistant coach of Malaysia Super League club Sabah.
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.
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.Liga Premier 2010 – malaysiafootball-dimos.
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.Mahu libat Sabah kembali digeruni- Alto Linus – sports247, 18 January 2022.
Return To Sabah 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.Alto is the hero for Tambadaus – Daily Express, 16 June 2019. Sabah won the 2019 Malaysia Premier League and promoted to the 2020 Malaysia Super League.Sabah crowned champs – Daily Express, 10 July 2019. 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.Dream comes true for Alto Linus – New Sabah Times, 16 March 2012 (via Sabah FA). However he did not make any official appearances for the national team.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSabah2010Malaysia Premier League 4 0 1– 52011Malaysia Super League2201061–291201212010–101302013Malaysia Premier League19320–10223Total 7 0 2– 9T-Team2014Malaysia Super League0000––00Total000000–00Sabah2014Malaysia Premier League70–––70201516110––171201621040––250 201715030––1802018300090–12020191240060–1842020Malaysia Super League100–00–1002021200–60–2602022801020–110Total112590230–1485Career Total
Managerial career Alto begin his coaching career as assistant coach for Sabah F.C. in a match against PDRM at the 2023 Malaysia Super League.Kesebelasan utama pasukan Sabah Football Club dan PDRM Football Club untuk perlawanan Liga Super di Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu. – Flash Sukan, 25 February 2023.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNat.FromToRecordSabah (caretaker)24 November 20249 December 2024Sabah (interim) 19 December 202525 February 2026Career Total
Honours Club Sabah Malaysia Premier League (1): 2019
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