Juan Portela

Juan Portela
Personal information
Full name	Juan Antonio Portela Muñoz
Date of birth	22 October 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Xerez
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Xerez B
2004–2009	Xerez
2009–2010	Ceuta
2010–2011	Écija
2011–2012	Puertollano
2012–2014	Sanluqueño
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2014

Juan Antonio Portela Muñoz (born 22 October 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left defender.

Club career[edit]

Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, Portela graduated from Xerez CD's youth system, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the regional championships. Also in the 2003–04 season he made his professional debut, coming on as a late substitute of a 0–1 away loss against Polideportivo Ejido on 19 June 2004, in the Segunda División.^[1] Portela continued to appear with the B-team in the following seasons, however.

On 3 June 2007 Portela returned to first-team duties, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Albacete Balompié.^[2] A month later he signed a new two-year deal with the Andalusians,^[3] but was released two seasons later.

In the following years Portela competed in Segunda División B, representing AD Ceuta, Écija Balompié, CD Puertollano^[4] and Atlético Sanluqueño CF.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Calado mantiene al 'Poli' en la categoría (Calado keeps Poli in the category); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 June 2004 (in Spanish)
^ Albacete y Xerez empatan en un partido intrascendente (Albacete and Xerez draw in an irrelevant match); Marca, 3 June 2007 (in Spanish)
^ Portela renueva dos temporadas con el Xerez con opción a una tercera (Portela renews for two seasons with Xerez with option for a third); Marca, 11 April 2007 (in Spanish)
^ Portela y Pizarraya, presentados oficialmente en Puertollano (Portela and Pizarraya, officially presented in Puertollano) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine; Oretania, 11 July 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Espinar y Portela ya son verdiblancos (Espinar and Portela already are verdiblancos) Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine; Sanluqueño's official website, 19 July 2012 (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Juan Portela at BDFutbol
Juan Portela at Soccerway

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[1] Calado mantiene al 'Poli' en la categoría (Calado keeps Poli in the category); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 June 2004 (in Spanish)

[2] Albacete y Xerez empatan en un partido intrascendente (Albacete and Xerez draw in an irrelevant match); Marca, 3 June 2007 (in Spanish)

[3] Portela renueva dos temporadas con el Xerez con opción a una tercera (Portela renews for two seasons with Xerez with option for a third); Marca, 11 April 2007 (in Spanish)

[4] Portela y Pizarraya, presentados oficialmente en Puertollano (Portela and Pizarraya, officially presented in Puertollano) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine; Oretania, 11 July 2011 (in Spanish)

[5] Espinar y Portela ya son verdiblancos (Espinar and Portela already are verdiblancos) Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine; Sanluqueño's official website, 19 July 2012 (in Spanish)

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