Antonio Raíllo

Antonio José Raíllo Arenas (born 8 October 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Raíllo and the second or maternal family name is Arenas.
Antonio Raíllo
Personal information
Full name Antonio José Raíllo Arenas
Date of birth (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991
Place of birth Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Mallorca
Number 21
Youth career
Séneca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Pozoblanco 37 (1)
2011–2012 Betis B 12 (0)
2012–2013 Córdoba B 33 (1)
2013–2015 Espanyol B 65 (6)
2015–2016 Espanyol 4 (0)
2016 → Ponferradina (loan) 16 (1)
2016– Mallorca 138 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2020

Club career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Raíllo graduated from local Séneca CF's youth system, and made his debut as a senior with CD Pozoblanco in the 2010–11 season, in Tercera División. On 8 March 2011, he signed for Real Betis with the deal being made effective in June,[1] and was subsequently assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.

In August 2012, Raíllo joined another reserve team, Córdoba CF B of the fourth division.[2] On 9 July of the following year he transferred to RCD Espanyol on a one-year contract, moving to its B side in the third level after achieving promotion with the former.[3]

Raíllo agreed to a new deal with the Catalans on 22 May 2015, until 2018,[4] being promoted to the main squad in La Liga.[5] He first appeared in the competition on 22 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Getafe CF.[6]

On 27 January 2016, after being sparingly used, Raíllo was loaned to Segunda División club SD Ponferradina until June.[7] He scored his first professional goal on 29 May, the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw to CD Tenerife.[8]

Raíllo signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca on 29 June 2016.[9] Under Vicente Moreno, he was part of the squad that won two consecutive promotions to the reach the top tier in 2019.[10]

References
  1. "Raíllo firma con el Betis, a pesar de tener contrato con el CD Pozoblanco" [Raíllo signs with Betis, despite having contract with CD Pozoblanco] (in Spanish). Minuto 90. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. Luque, José Juan (30 August 2012). "El Córdoba renueva a Fernández por cinco temporadas" [Córdoba renew Fernández for five seasons]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. Farrés, Héctor (9 July 2013). "Antonio Raíllo se convierte en la segunda incorporación del filial espanyolista" [Antonio Raíllo becomes the second addition of Espanyol's reserves] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. "Raillo renueva con el Espanyol hasta 2018" [Raillo renews with Espanyol until 2018]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. "Raillo renueva y asciende al primer equipo" [Raillo renews and is promoted to the first team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. Martínez, Jonathan (22 August 2015). "Salva Sevilla ilumina el debut del Espanyol" [Salva Sevilla lights up Espanyol's debut]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  7. Navarro, Cristina (27 January 2016). "Raillo, cedido a El Toralín" [Raillo, loaned to El Toralín]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. Cerezales Franco, Cristóbal (29 May 2016). "La Ponferradina puntúa en Tenerife y depende de sí misma" [Ponferradina add in Tenerife and now rely on themselves] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. "Raillo ficha por el RCD Mallorca" [Raillo signs for RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  10. "Seis titulares del Mallorca repitieron ascenso un año después" [Six Mallorca starters repeated promotion one year later]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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