Antonio Prats Cervera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Prats Cervera | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Capdepera, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mallorca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1992 | Mallorca B | ||
| 1991–1995 | Mallorca | 85 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Celta | 41 | (0) |
| 1996–2005 | Betis | 244 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Mallorca | 52 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Hércules | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 429 | (2) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Antonio 'Toni' Prats Cervera (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In a career mainly spent with Betis, he appeared in 338 La Liga games over the course of 12 seasons (467 in 17 both major levels combined), winning one Copa del Rey with his main club.
Football career
Prats was born in Capdepera, Majorca. After emerging through hometown RCD Mallorca's youth system (appearing in one La Liga match in the 1991–92 season, a 1–2 home loss against Athletic de Bilbao) and playing one year with Celta de Vigo, he finally settled at Seville's Real Betis, where he remained nine years. Ironically, in the 1999–2000 campaign, as the Andalusians were relegated from the top flight, he scored against Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid through free kicks, in respectively a 2–1 win and 1–2 loss.[1]
In 2005–06 Prats returned to Mallorca for a further two seasons, before the emergence of Miguel Ángel Moyà forced a move to second division's Hércules CF where he was scarcely used, retiring in March 2008 following recurrent back problems.[2]
Honours
Club
- Betis
Country
- Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Third-place 1994
References
- ↑ ¿Sabías que Toni Prats fue el primer portero de Primera en marcar de tiro libre? (Did you know Toni Prats was the first Primera goalkeeper to score from a free kick?); Mallorca's official website, 17 February 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Prats espera seguir vinculado al Hércules (Prats hopes to continue working with Hércules); Marca, 7 March 2008 (Spanish)
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Betisweb stats and bio (Spanish)