Antonio Guerao Mayoral (born 28 April 1979), known as Tonet, is a Spanish retired

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. Mainly a

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, he could also operate as a

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or a

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Club career

Spain

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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, Tonet was an unsuccessful

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

youth graduate. He played professionally for

Deportivo Alavés B Deportivo Alavés B, S.A.D., usually known as Alavés B, is a Spanish football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1959 it is the reserve team of Deportivo Alavés, and currently plays in Seg ...

CF Gavà Club de Futbol Gavà is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Gavà, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1922 it plays in 1ª Catalana – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadi La Bòbila'', with a c ...

Real Oviedo B Real Oviedo Vetusta is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1929 as ''Unión Sportiva Ovetense'', it is the reserve team of Real Oviedo, and currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Gro ...

Real Ávila CF Real Ávila Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 8, holding home games at '' Estadio Adolfo ...

SD Compostela Sociedad Deportiva Compostela is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. They play home matches at ''Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro'', and ...

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

and

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal ...

. In a full decade, Tonet never appeared in higher than

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 ...

St Mirren

On 4 August 2008 Tonet moved to the

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, signing a one-year contract with St Mirren after impressing on trial in pre-season, which included a goal against

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. His league debut came against

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in a 0–1 away defeat, and he went on to play in the first four games, being

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against Heart of Midlothian in another loss. However, after suffering a foot injury from which he never fully recovered, he was deemed surplus to requirements early in the following year,St Mirren ready to release Tonet
BBC Sport, 12 February 2009 and released by manager

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at the season's end.

Return to Spain

After being released by Saints in the summer of 2009, Tonet returned to his country, joining lowly

Villajoyosa CF Villajoyosa Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Vila Joiosa, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1942, in the 2022–23 season, the club competes in Regional Preferente – Group 4, holding home matches at the '' ...

in the third level. After the

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club's

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he stayed in that category, signing a one-year deal with CD La Muela in

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, and meeting the same fate.

Personal life

Tonet's younger brother,

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, was also a professional footballer. Groomed also at Barcelona he appeared in

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for

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

, albeit with little impact, and played abroad most notably in Poland.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonet 1979 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Alavés B players CF Gavà players Real Oviedo Vetusta players SD Compostela footballers CF Reus Deportiu players CF Rayo Majadahonda players CF Fuenlabrada footballers AD Alcorcón footballers CE L'Hospitalet players Villajoyosa CF footballers Scottish Premier League players St Mirren F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland