Antoñito

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

Not to be confused with Antoñito (footballer, born 1987).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramiro and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Antoñito
Antoñito training with Xerez in 2009
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)
Position(s) 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)
2001–2007 Sevilla 95 (14)
2002 → Recreativo (loan) 18 (7)
2005–2006 → Racing Santander (loan) 32 (9)
2006–2007 → Murcia (loan) 34 (7)
2007–2011 Xerez 118 (25)
2011–2012 Atlético Baleares 33 (10)
2012–2013 San Fernando 25 (0)
Total 402 (113)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played mainly for Sevilla and Xerez in a 13-year professional career, amassing La Liga totals of 147 matches and 26 goals over six seasons and adding 150 games and 35 goals in the Segunda División.

Club 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 for Sevilla FC in summer 2000 – after turning down an offer from Real Betis – and being assigned to the reserve team, scoring 40 goals in his first season to help them to promote to Segunda División B. He made his debut with the main squad also during 2000–01, in the Segunda División;[1][2] after a loan to Andalusia neighbours Recreativo de Huelva in the same league, he returned to play an important attacking role (mainly as a substitute) on a side that achieved two consecutive sixth places in La Liga.

For 2005–06, Antoñito was again loaned,[3] being instrumental in Racing de Santander's narrow escape from top-flight relegation. He totalled nine goals for the campaign, notably an 88th-minute winner against CA Osasuna on 7 May 2006.[4]

Antoñito joined division two club Real Murcia on 7 July 2006 in another loan,[5] helping it to achieve promotion.[6] The following season he moved to Xerez CD in his native region, and extended his contract one more year late into 2008–09,[7] being a very important unit in their first-ever promotion to the top tier.[8][9]

In July 2011, after only six goals for Xerez over two seasons, including three in the 2009–10 campaign in an immediate relegation from the main division, the 33-year-old Antoñito signed for CD Atlético Baleares two leagues below.[10]

Honours

Sevilla B

Sevilla

Xerez

References
  1. "Reyes era mi chófer" ("Reyes was my driver"); Diario AS, 15 November 2003 (in Spanish)
  2. El genio de Antoñito resurge en Jerez (Antoñito's genius resurrected in Jerez) Archived 13 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Notas de Fútbol, 15 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. El Racing presenta a Antoñito (Racing present Antoñito); Diario AS, 6 September 2005 (in Spanish)
  4. El Racing canta su particular alirón (Racing sing their own alirón); El Mundo, 7 May 2006 (in Spanish)
  5. Antoñito se va cedido al Murcia (Antoñito goes to Murcia on loan); Diario AS, 7 July 2006 (in Spanish)
  6. Un Murcia de Primera (Primera Murcia); Diario AS, 13 May 2007 (in Spanish)
  7. Antoñito renueva automáticamente por una temporada más (Antoñito renews automatically for another season); Marca, 20 April 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. El Xerez hace historia con su primer ascenso a Primera (Xerez make history with their first promotion to Primera); Marca, 13 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. Ewerthon (Zaragoza) alcanza a Nino (Tenerife) y 'hat trick' de Ulloa (Ewerthon (Zaragoza) equals Nino (Tenerife) and hat-trick for Ulloa); El Confidencial, 14 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. El 'Romario del Polígono' recupera la electricidad (The 'Romario of the Polígono' rediscovers electricity); Marca, 19 April 2012 (in Spanish)
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