Jesús Portillo (born 16 June 1999) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
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for
Defensores Unidos
Club Atlético Defensores Unidos (simply known as Defensores Unidos) is an Argentine football club from the Villa Fox district of Zárate, Buenos Aires
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.
Career
Portillo got his career underway with
Defensores Unidos
Club Atlético Defensores Unidos (simply known as Defensores Unidos) is an Argentine football club from the Villa Fox district of Zárate, Buenos Aires
Zárate is a port city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Par ...
.
He began featuring at senior level in the
2018–19 campaign, making his professional debut on 5 August 2018 in a
Copa Argentina
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defeat to
Newell's Old Boys
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A ...
; playing for sixty-six minutes before being substituted for
Gianluca Alfenoni.
His league bow arrived in August versus
Estudiantes as a substitute, though his opening
Primera B Metropolitana
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start didn't arrive until the succeeding December; against
Acassuso
Acassuso is a locality in the San Isidro "partido" of Buenos Aires Province. It is about 16 kilometres north of the city of Buenos Aires, between Olivos and San Isidro. It borders on the River Plate where an approximately 10 hectare municipal ...
.
Career statistics
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Portillo, Jesus
1999 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Primera B Metropolitana players
Defensores Unidos footballers