Juan Carlos Portillo González

Juan Carlos Portillo González (born 7 July 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Portillo and the second or maternal family name is González.
Juan Carlos Portillo
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Portillo González
Date of birth (1970-07-07) 7 July 1970
Place of birth Málaga, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Linense
1993–1994 Levante 34 (10)
1994–1999 Almería 127 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Portillo joined Levante UD in 1993 after a spell at Real Balompédica Linense.[1] In the 1994 summer he signed for UD Almería also in Segunda División B, winning promotion in his first season.

Portillo appeared in his first match as a professional on 3 September 1995, starting and being sent off in a 1–1 home draw against CD Leganés for the Segunda División championship.[2] He scored his first goal in the category on 2 November of the following year, netting his team's first in a 2–1 home win over RCD Mallorca.[3]

After being relegated in 1997, Portillo stayed two more years with the Rojiblancos, dropping another level in 1999.

References
  1. Levante se renueva y Alcoyano se refuerza (Levante renews itself and Alcoyano bolsters itself); El Mundo Deportivo, 24 July 1993 (in Spanish)
  2. 1–1: El Almería, sin suerte (1–1: Almería, without luck); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 September 1995 (in Spanish)
  3. Tropezo del Mallorca (Mallorca tumbles); El Mundo Deportivo, 3 November 1996 (in Spanish)
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