Antón Escobar Tapias (born 16 June 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Nigrán Nigrán (, ) is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in Nort ...

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, Galicia, Escobar finished his formation with ED Val Miñor. On 9 August 2017, after spending the pre-season with

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 ...

side

Coruxo FC Coruxo Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the parish of Coruxo, Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1930 it plays in , holding home matches at '' O Vao'', with a capacity of 1,500 spectators. The association ...

, he signed for

CD Choco Club Deportivo Choco de Redondela is a Spanish football club based in Redondela, province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Founded in 1953, the team currently plays in . The club's home ground is ''Campo Municipal de Santa Mariña''. Season to s ...

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. Escobar made his senior debut on 20 August 2017, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

CD Cultural Areas Club Deportivo Cultural Areas is a Spanish football club based in the parish of Areas, Ponteareas, Galicia. Founded in 1967, the team plays in . The club's home ground is ''Estadio A Lomba'', which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. Season to s ...

. He scored his first goals on 12 October, netting a brace in a 2–2 draw at

SD Negreira Sociedad Deportiva Negreira is a Spanish football team based in Negreira, in the autonomous community of Galicia.Founded in 1964, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Xesús García Calvo'', with a capacity of 2,000 seats. Season to ...

, and finished the season with ten goals. On 19 July 2018, Escobar joined

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

on a two-year deal, being initially assigned to the farm team in the fourth division. He made his first team debut on 29 September of the following year, coming on as a late substitute for Christian Herrera in a 1–4 home loss against

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

in the

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championship. On 30 January 2020, Escobar was loaned to

side

for the remainder of the campaign. After leaving Lugo in 2021, he played for

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...

sides

Bergantiños FC Bergantiños Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Carballo, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1923, it plays in , playing home matches at '' Estadio As Eiroas'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats ...

and

CD Arenteiro Club Deportivo Arenteiro is a football team based in O Carballiño in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1958, it plays in . Its stadium is '' Espiñedo'' with a capacity of 4,500 seats. Between 1990 and 2005 the club was known as ...

, achieving promotion with the latter. On 10 July 2023, Escobar signed for

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

. On 10 June of the following year, he moved to fellow league team

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

on a one-year deal.

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