Cristian Portilla Rodríguez (born 28 August 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career Portilla was born in Santander, Cantabria. The son of a former footballer,Portilla, el último en llegar al Baleares (Portilla, last one to arrive to Baleares); El Mundo, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish) he entered local Racing de Santander's youth academy at nine after allegedly receiving an offer from Deportivo de La Coruña after a tournament, which his father turned down.
After playing with the reserves, Portilla first appeared with the professionals on 27 October 2005 during a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza,Un parco Racing atrapa un punto ante un Zaragoza histérico (Subpar Racing scrape point against histerical Zaragoza); El País, 28 October 2005 (in Spanish) playing two more La Liga games during the season. In his first years he could only add another appearance with the main squad and, in January 2008, was loaned to Racing de FerrolCristian Portilla, al Racing de Ferrol (Cristian Portilla, to Racing de Ferrol); El Diario Montañés, 4 January 2008 (in Spanish) who were finally relegated from the second division.
To further continue his development as a player (still aged 20), Portilla was loaned again the following campaign, moving to SD Ponferradina in the third level.Portilla jugará en la Ponferradina (Portilla will play in Ponferradina); Marca, 21 July 2008 (in Spanish) For 2009–10 he was bought by Sporting de Gijón of the top flight, with Santander having an option to re-acquire the player in three years; in his first, he spent time with both the first and second teams, the latter in division three.Portilla será del filial, pero apunta al primer equipo (Portilla will join reserves, but is poised to first team); El Comercio, 17 July 2009 (in Spanish)
In late December 2010, Portilla left Asturias and joined Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki FC, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.Portilla se va al Aris de Salónica y Matabuena espera al Valladolid (Portilla goes to Aris Thessaloniki and Matabuena waits for Valladolid) ; El Comercio, 28 December 2010 (in Spanish) He left one year later, due to unpaid wages.
Portilla did not settle with any team the following years, representing CD Atlético Baleares,Atlético Baleares presenta a Cristian Portilla (Atlético Baleares present Cristian Portilla); Diario de Mallorca, 1 November 2012 (in Spanish) Glyfada FC,Cristian Portilla pone rumbo a Grecia para jugar en el AO Glyfada (Cristian Portilla heads for Greece to play with AO Glyfada); Planeta Fichajes, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish)Los ex rojiblancos Rubén y Portilla, a Grecia (Former red-and-white Rubén and Portilla, to Greece); La Nueva España, 3 September 2013 (in Spanish) Budapest Honvéd FC,El ojito derecho de Preciado que brilla en territorio Puskas (Apple of Preciado's eye that shines in Puskas territory); Marca, 22 October 2014 (in Spanish) Mitra Kukar FC,Mitra Kukar kontrak Cristian Portilla (Mitra Kukar sign Cristian Portilla); Mitra Kukar, 6 February 2015 (in Indonesian) Ermis Aradippou FC,Portilla jugará con Luis Morán en el Ermis chipriota (Portilla will play with Luis Morán in Cyprus' Ermis); La Nueva España, 13 May 2015 (in Spanish) FC Tatabánya and CD Mensajero.El mediocentro Cristian Portilla, sexto refuerzo del CD Mensajero (Central midfielder Cristian Portilla, sixth CD Mensajero addition); El Día, 29 July 2016 (in Spanish) On 17 January 2017, he moved to the North American Soccer League with the San Francisco Deltas,Team news: Three more signed players make eleven; San Francisco Deltas, 17 January 2017 winning the Soccer Bowl in his first season even though he did not appear in the decisive match against the New York Cosmos due to injury.Cristian Portilla se proclama campeón de la NASL con los San Francisco Deltas (Cristian Portilla crowned NASL champion with the San Francisco Deltas); El Diario Montañés, 13 November 2017 (in Spanish)
On 8 February 2018, Portilla signed with Ottawa Fury FC of the United Soccer League following a two-week pre-season trial, joining former Deltas teammates Nana Attakora and Maxim Tissot. Eleven months later, he joined Lithuanian A Lyga runners-up FK Žalgiris.
Career statistics
+ Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupsOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRacing Santander2005–06La Liga3000—302006–07La Liga1000—102007–08La Liga0000—00Racing Santander total4000—40Racing Ferrol (loan)2007–08Segunda División150——150Ponferradina (loan)2008–09Segunda División B3244300367Sporting Gijón2009–10La Liga4000—402010–11La Liga1010—20Sporting Gijón total5010—60Aris2010–11Super League Greece10100—1012011–12Super League Greece1000—10Aris total11100—111Atlético Baleares2012–13Segunda División B16000—160Glyfada2013–14Football League10110—111Honvéd2014–15Nemzeti Bajnokság I9150—141Ermis2015–16Cypriot First Division1000—10Career total1037113—11410
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