Antonio Prats Cervera

Antonio 'Toni' Prats Cervera (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Prats and the second or maternal family name is Cervera.
Toni Prats
Personal information
Full name Antonio Prats Cervera
Date of birth (1971-09-09) 9 September 1971
Place of birth Capdepera, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Mallorca B 12 (0)
1991–1995 Mallorca 85 (0)
1995–1996 Celta 41 (0)
1996–2005 Betis 244 (2)
2005–2007 Mallorca 52 (0)
2007–2008 Hércules 7 (0)
Total 441 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In a career spent mainly with Betis, he appeared in 338 La Liga matches over 12 seasons (467 in 17 both major levels combined), winning one Copa del Rey with the club.

Club career

Prats was born in Capdepera, Majorca. After emerging through his hometown RCD Mallorca's youth system (appearing in one La Liga match in the 1991–92 season, a 1–2 home loss against Athletic Bilbao) and playing one year with RC Celta de Vigo, he finally settled at Seville's Real Betis, where he remained nine years. Ironically, in 1999–2000, as the Andalusians were relegated from the top flight, he scored against Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid through free kicks, in respectively a 2–1 win and 1–2 loss.[1]

In 2005–06, Prats returned to Mallorca for a further two campaigns, before the emergence of Miguel Ángel Moyá forced a move to Segunda División club Hércules CF where he was scarcely used, retiring in March 2008 following recurrent back problems.[2]

Honours

Club

Betis

International

Spain U21

References
  1. ¿Sabías que Toni Prats fue el primer portero de Primera en marcar de tiro libre? (Did you know Toni Prats was the first Primera goalkeeper to score from a free kick?); RCDM, 17 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. Prats espera seguir vinculado al Hércules (Prats hopes to continue linked to Hércules); Marca, 7 March 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 12 June 2005
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