Antoñito

Antoñito
Personal information
Full name Antonio Ramiro Pérez
Date of birth (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1995–1996 Alcosa
1996 Betis
1997 Cantillana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 San Pablo
1998 Ibarburu
1998–1999 Marchena
1999–2000 Los Palacios
2000–2002 Sevilla B 47 (41)
2001–2006 Sevilla 95 (14)
2002 → Recreativo (loan) 18 (7)
2005–2006 → Racing Santander (loan) 32 (9)
2006–2007 Murcia 34 (7)
2007–2011 Xerez 118 (24)
2011–2012 Atlético Baleares 33 (10)
2012–2013 San Fernando 25 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ramiro and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Antonio Ramiro Pérez (born 2 February 1978), known as Antoñito, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

During his 13-year professional career he played mainly with Sevilla and Xerez, amassing La Liga totals of 147 games and 26 goals over the course of six seasons and adding 150/35 in Segunda División.

Football career

Antoñito was born in the Seville neighborhood of El Polígono de San Pablo, where he was known as "El Romario del Polígono", and played only amateur football until the age of 22, signing in the 2000 summer with Sevilla FC – after turning down an offer from Real Betis – and being assigned to the reserve team, scoring 40 goals in his first season to help the club promote to the third division. He made his debuts with the main squad also during 2000–01 campaign, in the second level;[1][2] after a loan to Andalusia neighbours Recreativo de Huelva in the same category, he returned to play an important offensive role (mainly as a substitute) on a side that achieved two consecutive sixth places in La Liga.

For 2005–06 Antoñito was again loaned, being instrumental in Racing de Santander's narrow escape from top flight relegation. He netted nine goals during the season, notably an 88th minute winner against CA Osasuna on 7 May 2006.[3]

In the 2006 summer Antoñito joined second level team Real Murcia, helping it achieve promotion. The following season he moved to Xerez CD in his native region, and extended his contract one more year after 2008–09, having been a very important offensive element for the club's first-ever promotion to the top division.

In July 2011, after only six league goals for Xerez in two seasons combined, including three in the 2009–10 campaign in an immediate relegation back from the top flight, 33-year-old Antoñito signed for CD Atlético Baleares in division three.

Honours

Sevilla B
Sevilla
Xerez

References

  1. ↑ "Reyes era mi chófer" ("Reyes was my driver"); Diario AS, 15 November 2003 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El genio de Antoñito resurge en Jerez (Antoñito's genius resurrected in Jerez) Archived August 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.; Notas de Fútbol, 15 December 2008 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Racing canta su particular alirón (Racing sings its own alirón); El Mundo, 7 May 2006 (Spanish)

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