Antonio Robaina
Antonio Segura "Toni" Robaina (born 30 November 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Segura Robaina | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Las Palmas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Las Palmas | 67 | (17) |
| 1995–2001 | Tenerife | 102 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Universidad LP (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Ceuta | 29 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Pájara Playas | 37 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Universidad LP | 29 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Guijuelo | 21 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Castillo | 26 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Santa Brígida | 28 | (0) |
| 2009 | Breña Alta | ||
| Total | 385 | (32) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Spain U16 | 5 | (6) |
| 1991 | Spain U17 | 6 | (4) |
| 1992–1993 | Spain U18 | 7 | (3) |
| 1993 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Robaina was born in Las Palmas. After starting out with local UD Las Palmas, playing mainly in Segunda División B, the 20-year-old signed with CD Tenerife also in the Canary Islands in 1995,[1] immediately having an impact in La Liga by playing 39 games as the club finished fifth and qualified to the UEFA Cup, also appearing regularly as his team reached the latter competition's semi-finals.[2]
After another average season he gradually fell out of favour with Tenerife and, in the 1999 January transfer window, returned to Las Palmas in the first of a series of loans. Robaina spent one season in Portugal with Sporting Clube de Portugal, taking no part whatsoever in the Lisbon side's national championship conquest (three games, ten minutes).[3][4] In the following year he played with another team in his native region, Universidad de Las Palmas CF, suffering relegation from Segunda División and being subsequently released by his main club, for which he appeared in nearly 150 competitive games.
From the age of 27 until his retirement eight years later, Robaina played almost exclusively in the third level of Spanish football, with one-year spells in Tercera División and in regional football, with the majority of the sides hailing from the Canary Islands.
Personal life edit
Robaina's son, also named Antonio, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[5]
Honours edit
Club edit
- Sporting
Country edit
- Spain U16
- Spain U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Runner-up 1991
References edit
- ^ Miguel García (24 December 2015). "Tú a Gran Canaria y yo a Tenerife" [You to Gran Canaria and myself to Tenerife] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Robaina regressa ao Tenerife" [Robaina returns to Tenerife]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 May 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Internacionais e desconhecidos, é este o retrato dos jogadores espanhóis na Liga portuguesa" [Internationals and unknown, meet the Spanish players in the Portuguese League]. Público (in Portuguese). 3 August 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "El Real Betis ficha al hijo de Toni Robaina para su cadena" [Real Betis sign the son of Toni Robaina for their youth setup] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
External links edit
- Antonio Robaina at BDFutbol
- at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- – FIFA competition record (archived)