Cristian Portilla

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Portilla and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Cristian Portilla

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Portilla Rodríguez[1]
Date of birth	(1988-08-28) 28 August 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Santander, Spain[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
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 Gijón 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	28	(2)
2019	Žalgiris	0	(0)
2019–2020	Unionistas	25	(2)
2020–2022	Tropezón	27	(6)
Total		312	(37)
International career
2004	Spain U16	4	(1)
2006	Spain U17	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Portilla Rodríguez (born 28 August 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Portilla was born in Santander, Cantabria. The son of a former footballer,^[2][3] he entered local Racing de Santander's youth academy at nine after allegedly receiving an offer from Deportivo de La Coruña after a tournament, which his father turned down.

After playing with the reserves, Portilla first appeared with the professionals on 27 October 2005 during a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza,^[4] playing two more La Liga games during the season. In his first years he could only add another appearance with the main squad and, in January 2008, was loaned to Racing de Ferrol^[5] who were finally relegated from the second division.

To further continue his development as a player (still aged 20), Portilla was loaned again the following campaign, moving to SD Ponferradina in the third level.^[6] For 2009–10 he was bought by Sporting de Gijón of the top flight, with Santander having an option to re-acquire the player in three years; in his first, he spent time with both the first and second teams, the latter in division three.^[7]

In late December 2010, Portilla left Asturias and joined Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki FC, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[8] He left one year later, due to unpaid wages.

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

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.^[18] Eleven months later, he joined Lithuanian A Lyga runners-up FK Žalgiris.^[19]

Club statistics

As of match played 22 August 2015^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cups		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Racing Santander	2005–06[20]	La Liga	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2006–07[20]	La Liga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2007–08[20]	La Liga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Racing Santander total		4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Racing Ferrol (loan)	2007–08[20]	Segunda División	15	0	—		—		15	0
Ponferradina (loan)	2008–09[20]	Segunda División B	32	4	4	3	0	0	36	7
Sporting Gijón	2009–10[21]	La Liga	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2010–11[21]	La Liga	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
	Sporting Gijón total		5	0	1	0	—		6	0
Aris	2010–11[21]	Super League Greece	10	1	0	0	—		10	1
	2011–12[21]	Super League Greece	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Aris total		11	1	0	0	—		11	1
Atlético Baleares	2012–13[20]	Segunda División B	16	0	0	0	—		16	0
Glyfada	2013–14[21]	Football League	10	1	1	0	—		11	1
Honvéd	2014–15[21]	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	9	1	5	0	—		14	1
Ermis	2015–16[21]	Cypriot First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Career total			103	7	11	3	—		114	10

References

1. "Cristian Portilla Rodríguez" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. Portilla, el último en llegar al Baleares (Portilla, last one to arrive to Baleares); El Mundo, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
3. "Pablo: Pablo Portilla Arqués". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
4. Un parco Racing atrapa un punto ante un Zaragoza histérico (Subpar Racing scrape point against histerical Zaragoza); El País, 28 October 2005 (in Spanish)
5. Cristian Portilla, al Racing de Ferrol (Cristian Portilla, to Racing de Ferrol); El Diario Montañés, 4 January 2008 (in Spanish)
6. Portilla jugará en la Ponferradina (Portilla will play in Ponferradina); Marca, 21 July 2008 (in Spanish)
7. 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)
8. Portilla se va al Aris de Salónica y Matabuena espera al Valladolid (Portilla goes to Aris Thessaloniki and Matabuena waits for Valladolid) Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 28 December 2010 (in Spanish)
9. Atlético Baleares presenta a Cristian Portilla (Atlético Baleares present Cristian Portilla); Diario de Mallorca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. Mitra Kukar kontrak Cristian Portilla (Mitra Kukar sign Cristian Portilla); Mitra Kukar, 6 February 2015 (in Indonesian)
14. 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)
15. El mediocentro Cristian Portilla, sexto refuerzo del CD Mensajero (Central midfielder Cristian Portilla, sixth CD Mensajero addition); El Día, 29 July 2016 (in Spanish)
16. Team news: Three more signed players make eleven; San Francisco Deltas, 17 January 2017
17. 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)
18. "Portilla, Porter officially join Fury FC ahead of 2018 season". Ottawa Fury. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
19. Jakelis, Paulius (18 January 2019). ""Žalgiryje" – aukšto lygio futbolo ragavęs ispanas" [Žalgiris – Spanish top flight footballer snapped] (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
20. "Portilla: Cristian Portilla Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
21. "Cristian Portilla". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

External links

• Cristian Portilla at BDFutbol
• Cristian Portilla at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Cristian Portilla at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)