Antonio "Toni" Soldevilla Castellsagué (born 19 December 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
He amassed La Liga totals of 116 games and three goals, all with Espanyol. He added 122 matches and five goals in the Segunda División B where he represented a host of clubs, and also appeared for teams in Russia and Indonesia.
Club career Soldevilla was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia. Brought through the ranks of RCD Espanyol, he made his first-team debut on 19 February 1997 in a 0–2 La Liga home loss against Athletic Bilbao, being sent off in the game.El Athletic siembra de dudas Sarrià (Athletic shower Sarrià with doubts); El País, 20 February 1997 (in Spanish) He made 133 competitive appearances for the club with four goals, eventually becoming first-choice while partnering fellow youth graduate Alberto Lopo in the centre and also captaining the squad.Soldevilla da un paso más hacia su regreso (Soldevilla one step closer to returning); Diario AS, 14 October 2003 (in Spanish)
However, Soldevilla grew unsettled and left it in 2005, citing personal reasons; he had already spent several months away from the game during the 2003–04 season.El Espanyol no sabe dónde está Soldevilla (Espanyol do not know where Soldevilla is); Cadena SER, 29 December 2003 (in Spanish)Soldevilla vuelve al fútbol (Soldevilla returns to football); El País, 30 June 2004 (in Spanish) He signed for Segunda División side Polideportivo Ejido midway through 2005–06.Poli Ejido anuncia fichaje de ex espanyolista Toni Soldevilla (Poli Ejido announce signing of former Espanyol player Toni Soldevilla) ; Terra, 20 January 2006 (in Spanish)
After an unsuccessful trial with Ipswich TownIpswich hand midfielder contract; BBC Sport, 21 August 2006 and starting off 2006–07 in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol FC, Soldevilla became the first Spanish player in the Russian Premier League, joining FC Amkar Perm for the start of the 2007 campaign.Soldevilla se convierte en el primer jugador español en la Liga rusa (Soldevilla becomes first Spanish player in Russian League); El País, 26 February 2007 (in Spanish) He was released in early March 2008.El técnico del Amkar ruso prescinde de Toni Soldevilla (Russia's Amkar coach deems Toni Soldevilla surplus to requirements) ; Mundo Deportivo, 2 March 2008 (in Spanish)
Soldevilla agreed to a contract at UD Marbella of Segunda División B in December 2009, following a one-month trial. He split the following season also in that tier, totalling 20 matches for Caravaca CFEl tempranero gol del Lorca le vale para imponerse al Caravaca (1–0) (Lorca's early goal is good enough to down Caravaca (1–0)); La Verdad, 10 October 2010 (in Spanish) and Ontinyent CF.La permanència no pot esperar més a Ontinyent (Survival cannot wait any longer in Ontinyent); Ara, 26 March 2011 (in Catalan)
Honours Espanyol Copa del Rey: 1999–2000Un gol de Posse mete al Espanyol en la final a costa de un apático Madrid (Posse goal puts Espanyol in final at the expense of lethargic Madrid); Última Hora, 27 April 2000 (in Spanish)El Espanyol se corona en Mestalla (Espanyol crowned at Mestalla); El País, 28 May 2000 (in Spanish)
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