Antonio Cortés Heredia (born 16 April 2000), commonly known as Antoñín, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Málaga

Born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

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to a

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family, Antoñín started his career at lowly locals CD 26 de Febrero before agreeing to a four-year deal with

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

in July 2016. However, only days later, he returned to his previous club after failing to adapt to the new country, and joined

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

in February 2017. On 28 January 2018, Antoñín was loaned to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

side

CD El Palo El Palo Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 9, holding home matches at ''Estadio San Ignacio'', with a 2,000-seat ...

, until June. He made his senior debut just hours later, starting in a 1–0 away loss against

Loja CD Loja Club Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Loja, Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1968 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 9, holding home matches at '' Estadio Medina Lauxa'', with a 1,250 ...

. Antoñín scored his first senior goal on 11 March 2018, netting the last of a 2–0 home success over

CD Huétor Tájar Club Deportivo Agroisa Huétor Tájar is a Spanish football team based in Huétor-Tájar, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1940, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 9, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Migu ...

. On 22 April, he scored a

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in a 3–1 home defeat of

UD Ciudad de Torredonjimeno Unión Deportiva Ciudad de Torredonjimeno is a Spanish football team based in Torredonjimeno, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved Torredonjimeno CF, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Est ...

, and finished the season with six goals in 15 matches. Upon returning from loan, Antoñín was assigned to Málaga's B-team in

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. He made his first-team debut with the ''Blanquiazules'' on 21 September 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–0 loss at

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

in the

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championship, and scored his first professional goal on 12 October in a 2–1 home defeat to

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

Granada

On 24 February 2020, Antoñín signed for

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club

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

until June 2024. He made his debut on 5 March in the second leg of the

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semi-finals, replacing Carlos Neva for the last five minutes of a 2–1 win (elimination on the

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). Following the resumption of the season after the COVID-19 break, he made his top tier debut on 12 June again from the bench in a win by the same score at home to

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

; on 1 July he scored for the first time to open a 2–0 win at

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

, a match in which he was substituted at half time due to a yellow card. On 2 October 2020, Antoñín returned to the second division after agreeing to a one-year loan deal at

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

. He made his debut as a substitute the next day, and scored the last goal of a 4–0 home win over his former club Málaga. On 19 August 2021, Antoñín returned to Málaga on a one-year loan deal. On 25 July of the following year, he moved to Portuguese

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

side

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal. Vitória de Guimarães have finished thir ...

also in a temporary deal, but finished the season with Cypriot side

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

. On 28 August 2023, Antoñín terminated his contract with the ''Nazaríes''.

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