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
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)
2001–2006 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)
Total 402 (112)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his 13-year professional career he played mainly with Sevilla and Xerez, amassing La Liga totals of 147 matches and 26 goals over six seasons and adding 150 games and 35 goals in 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 in the summer of 2000 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 them promote to the third division. He made his debut with the main squad also during 2000–01, in the second level;[1][2] after a loan to Andalusia neighbours Recreativo de Huelva in the same tier, 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, being instrumental in Racing de Santander's narrow escape from top flight relegation. He netted nine goals during the campaign, notably an 88th-minute winner against CA Osasuna on 7 May 2006.[3]

In the summer of 2006, Antoñito joined division two club 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 late into 2008–09,[4] being a very important unit for their first-ever promotion to the top tier.[5][6]

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 from the top flight, 33-year-old Antoñito signed for CD Atlético Baleares of the third division.[7]

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 canta su particular alirón (Racing sing their own alirón); El Mundo, 7 May 2006 (in Spanish)
  4. Antoñito renueva automáticamente por una temporada más (Antoñito renews automatically for another season); Marca, 20 April 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. El 'Romario del Polígono' recupera la electricidad (The 'Romario of the Polígono' rediscovers electricity); Marca, 19 April 2012 (in Spanish)
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