Antonio José Rodríguez Díaz (born 21 February 1992), known as Antonio Puertas, is a Spanish

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who plays for

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

club

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

as a

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Club career

Born in Benahadux,

Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city gr ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

, Puertas finished his formation with UD Almería, after representing

Los Molinos CF Los Molinos Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1973, it plays in ''Primera Andaluza Almería'', holding home matches at '' Complejo Deportivo Municipal de Los Molinos ...

and

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

. He made his senior debuts with

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'', ...

in 2011, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. On 31 January 2012, Puertas moved to Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves after Poli Ejido's dissolution. After scoring ten goals in 2013–14, he moved to another

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UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home game ...

, also in the third level. On 14 June 2015, Puertas was promoted to the ''Rojiblancos main squad in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. He made his professional debut on 9 September, coming on as a second-half substitute for José Ángel Pozo in a 3–3

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

home draw against Elche CF (4–3 win on penalties). Puertas made his debut in the second level on 11 October 2015, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

. He only scored his first professional goal on 3 September of the following year, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against Rayo Vallecano; he added another the following weekend, in a 3–3 draw at Girona. On 16 June 2017, Puertas returned to Granada, signing a three-year contract and being assigned to the main squad, also in the second tier. He scored a career-best ten goals during the 2018–19 campaign as his side achieved promotion to

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Honours

Granada *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puertas, Antonio 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Almería Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Andalusia Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Polideportivo Ejido footballers Club Recreativo Granada players UD Almería B players UD Almería players Granada CF footballers