Antonio Cortés Heredia (born 16 April 2000), commonly known as Antoñín, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Club career

Málaga

Born in

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to a Romani 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 Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

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 club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

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

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side CD El Palo, until June. He made his senior debut just hours later, starting in a 1–0 away loss against Loja CD. Antoñín scored his first senior goal on 11 March 2018, netting the last of a 2–0 home success over CD Huétor Tájar. On 22 April, he scored a

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in a 3–1 home defeat of UD Ciudad de Torredonjimeno, and finished the season with six goals in 15 matches. Upon returning from loan, Antoñín was assigned to Málaga's B-team in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

. He made his first-team debut with the ''Blanquiazules'' on 21 September 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Juanpi in a 1–0 loss at Albacete Balompié 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.

Granada

On 24 February 2020, Antoñín signed for

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club

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

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 S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

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

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, 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. 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

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side Vitória S.C. also in a temporary deal, but finished the season with Cypriot side

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

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

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