Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Portilla and the second or maternal family name is
Rodríguez .
Cristian Portilla Rodríguez (born 28 August 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder .
Club career
Portilla was born in Santander , Cantabria . The son of a former footballer,[ 2] [ 3] he entered local Racing de Santander 's youth academy at nine after allegedly receiving an offer from Deportivo de La Coruña after a tournament, which his father turned down.
After playing with the reserves , Portilla first appeared with the professionals on 27 October 2005 during a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza ,[ 4] playing two more La Liga games during the season . In his first years he could only add another appearance with the main squad and, in January 2008, was loaned to Racing de Ferrol [ 5] who were finally relegated from the second division .
To further continue his development as a player (still aged 20), Portilla was loaned again the following campaign , moving to SD Ponferradina in the third level .[ 6] For 2009–10 he was bought by Sporting de Gijón of the top flight, with Santander having an option to re-acquire the player in three years; in his first, he spent time with both the first and second teams , the latter in division three.[ 7]
In late December 2010, Portilla left Asturias and joined Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki FC , signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[ 8] He left one year later, due to unpaid wages.
Portilla did not settle with any team the following years, representing CD Atlético Baleares ,[ 9] Glyfada FC ,[ 10] [ 11] Budapest Honvéd FC ,[ 12] Mitra Kukar FC ,[ 13] Ermis Aradippou FC ,[ 14] FC Tatabánya and CD Mensajero .[ 15] On 17 January 2017, he moved to the North American Soccer League with the San Francisco Deltas ,[ 16] winning the Soccer Bowl in his first season even though he did not appear in the decisive match against the New York Cosmos due to injury.[ 17]
On 8 February 2018, Portilla signed with Ottawa Fury FC of the United Soccer League following a two-week pre-season trial, joining former Deltas teammates Nana Attakora and Maxim Tissot .[ 18] Eleven months later, he joined Lithuanian A Lyga runners-up FK Žalgiris .[ 19]
Club statistics
As of match played 22 August 2015 [ 20] [ 1]
References
^ a b c d e "Cristian Portilla Rodríguez" (in Spanish). El Mundo . Retrieved 30 November 2017 .
^ Portilla, el último en llegar al Baleares (Portilla, last one to arrive to Baleares) ; El Mundo, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
^ "Pablo: Pablo Portilla Arqués" . BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 November 2017 .
^ Un parco Racing atrapa un punto ante un Zaragoza histérico (Subpar Racing scrape point against histerical Zaragoza) ; El País , 28 October 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Cristian Portilla, al Racing de Ferrol (Cristian Portilla, to Racing de Ferrol) ; El Diario Montañés , 4 January 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Portilla jugará en la Ponferradina (Portilla will play in Ponferradina) ; Marca , 21 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Portilla será del filial, pero apunta al primer equipo (Portilla will join reserves, but is poised to first team) ; El Comercio , 17 July 2009 (in Spanish)
^ Portilla se va al Aris de Salónica y Matabuena espera al Valladolid (Portilla goes to Aris Thessaloniki and Matabuena waits for Valladolid) Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; El Comercio, 28 December 2010 (in Spanish)
^ Atlético Baleares presenta a Cristian Portilla (Atlético Baleares present Cristian Portilla) ; Diario de Mallorca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Cristian Portilla pone rumbo a Grecia para jugar en el AO Glyfada (Cristian Portilla heads for Greece to play with AO Glyfada) ; Planeta Fichajes, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Los ex rojiblancos Rubén y Portilla, a Grecia (Former red-and-white Rubén and Portilla, to Greece) ; La Nueva España , 3 September 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El ojito derecho de Preciado que brilla en territorio Puskas (Apple of Preciado's eye that shines in Puskas territory) ; Marca, 22 October 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Mitra Kukar kontrak Cristian Portilla (Mitra Kukar sign Cristian Portilla) ; Mitra Kukar, 6 February 2015 (in Indonesian)
^ Portilla jugará con Luis Morán en el Ermis chipriota (Portilla will play with Luis Morán in Cyprus' Ermis) ; La Nueva España, 13 May 2015 (in Spanish)
^ El mediocentro Cristian Portilla, sexto refuerzo del CD Mensajero (Central midfielder Cristian Portilla, sixth CD Mensajero addition) ; El Día , 29 July 2016 (in Spanish)
^ Team news: Three more signed players make eleven ; San Francisco Deltas, 17 January 2017
^ Cristian Portilla se proclama campeón de la NASL con los San Francisco Deltas (Cristian Portilla crowned NASL champion with the San Francisco Deltas) ; El Diario Montañés, 13 November 2017 (in Spanish)
^ "Portilla, Porter officially join Fury FC ahead of 2018 season" . Ottawa Fury. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018 .
^ Jakelis, Paulius (18 January 2019). " "Žalgiryje" – aukšto lygio futbolo ragavęs ispanas" [Žalgiris – Spanish top flight footballer snapped] (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. Retrieved 18 January 2019 .
^
Cristian Portilla at FootballDatabase.eu
^ a b c d e f "Portilla: Cristian Portilla Rodríguez" . BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 December 2014 .
^ a b c d e f g "Cristian Portilla" . Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2014 .
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