Cristian Portilla

Cristian Portilla
Personal information
Full name Cristian Portilla Rodríguez
Date of birth (1988-08-28) 28 August 1988
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ottawa Fury
Number 80
Youth career
1997–2004 Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Racing B 54 (7)
2005–2009 Racing Santander 4 (0)
2008 → Racing Ferrol (loan) 15 (0)
2008–2009 → Ponferradina (loan) 32 (4)
2009–2010 Sporting B 22 (6)
2010 Sporting Gijón 5 (0)
2011–2012 Aris 11 (1)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 16 (0)
2013 Glyfada 10 (1)
2014 Honvéd 9 (1)
2015 Mitra Kukar 0 (0)
2015 Ermis 1 (0)
2015–2016 Tatabánya 17 (4)
2016 Mensajero 19 (1)
2017 San Francisco Deltas 17 (2)
2018– Ottawa Fury 19 (1)
National team
2004 Spain U16 4 (1)
2006 Spain U17 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2018

Cristian Portilla Rodríguez (born 28 August 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Canadian club Ottawa Fury FC as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Portilla was born in Santander, Cantabria. The son of a former footballer,[1][2] he entered local Racing de Santander's youth academy at nine alongside cousin Carlos Mata, after allegedly receiving an offer from Deportivo de La Coruña after a tournament, which his father turned down.

After playing with the B-side, Portilla first appeared with the professionals on 27 October 2005 during a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza,[3] playing two more La Liga games during the season. During his first years he could only add another appearance with the main squad and, in January 2008, was loaned to Racing de Ferrol[4] who were finally relegated from the second division.

To further continue his development as a player (still aged 20), Portilla was loaned again in the following campaign, moving to SD Ponferradina in the third level.[5] For 2009–10 he was bought by Sporting de Gijón in the top flight, with Santander having an option to re-acquire the player in three years; in his first year, he spent time with both the first and second teams, the latter in division three.[6]

In late December 2010, Portilla left Asturias and joined Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7] He was released a year later.

In the following years, Portilla did not settle with any team, representing CD Atlético Baleares,[8] Glyfada FC,[9][10] Budapest Honvéd FC,[11] Mitra Kukar FC,[12] Ermis Aradippou FC,[13] FC Tatabánya and CD Mensajero.[14] On 17 January 2017, he moved to the North American Soccer League with the San Francisco Deltas,[15] 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.[16]

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.[17]

Club statistics

As of match played 22 August 2015[18][19]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cups Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Santander 2005–06[20] La Liga 3000—30
2006–07[20] La Liga 1000—10
2007–08[20] La Liga 0000—00
Racing Santander total 4000—40
Racing Ferrol (loan) 2007–08[20] Segunda División 150——150
Ponferradina (loan) 2008–09[20] Segunda División B 3244300367
Sporting Gijón 2009–10[21] La Liga 4000—40
2010–11[21] La Liga 1010—20
Sporting Gijón total 5010—60
Aris 2010–11[21] Superleague Greece 10100—101
2011–12[21] Superleague Greece 1000—10
Aris total 11100—111
Atlético Baleares 2012–13[20] Segunda División B 16000—160
Glyfada 2013–14[21] Football League 10110—111
Honvéd 2014–15[21] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 9150—141
Ermis 2015–16[21] Cypriot First Division 1000—10
Career total 1037113—11410

    References

    1. ↑ Portilla, el último en llegar al Baleares (Portilla, last one to arrive to Baleares); El Mundo, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
    2. ↑ "Pablo: Pablo Portilla Arqués". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
    3. ↑ Un parco Racing atrapa un punto ante un Zaragoza histérico (Subpar Racing scrape point against histerical Zaragoza); El País, 28 October 2005 (in Spanish)
    4. ↑ Cristian Portilla, al Racing de Ferrol (Cristian Portilla, to Racing de Ferrol); El Diario Montañés, 4 January 2008 (in Spanish)
    5. ↑ Portilla jugará en la Ponferradina (Portilla will play in Ponferradina); Marca, 21 July 2008 (in Spanish)
    6. ↑ 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)
    7. ↑ Portilla se va al Aris de Salónica y Matabuena espera al Valladolid (Portilla goes to Aris Thessaloniki and Matabuena waits for Valladolid); El Comercio, 28 December 2010 (in Spanish)
    8. ↑ Atlético Baleares presenta a Cristian Portilla (Atlético Baleares present Cristian Portilla); Diario de Mallorca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
    9. ↑ 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)
    10. ↑ 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)
    11. ↑ 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)
    12. ↑ Mitra Kukar kontrak Cristian Portilla (Mitra Kukar sign Cristian Portilla); Mitra Kukar, 6 February 2015 (in Indonesian)
    13. ↑ 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)
    14. ↑ El mediocentro Cristian Portilla, sexto refuerzo del CD Mensajero (Central midfielder Cristian Portilla, sixth CD Mensajero addition); El Día, 29 July 2016 (in Spanish)
    15. ↑ Team news: Three more signed players make eleven; San Francisco Deltas, 17 January 2017
    16. ↑ 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)
    17. ↑ "Portilla, Porter officially join Fury FC ahead of 2018 season". Ottawa Fury. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    18. ↑ "Cristian Portilla Rodríguez" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
    19. ↑ Cristian Portilla at FootballDatabase.eu
    20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Portilla: Cristian Portilla Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
    21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cristian Portilla". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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