Juan Antonio Portela Muñoz (born 22 October 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left defender.
Club career Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, Portela graduated from Xerez CD's youth system, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the regional championships. Also in the 2003–04 season he made his professional debut, coming on as a late substitute of a 0–1 away loss against Polideportivo Ejido on 19 June 2004, in the Segunda División.Calado mantiene al 'Poli' en la categoría (Calado keeps Poli in the category); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 June 2004 Portela continued to appear with the B-team in the following seasons, however.
On 3 June 2007 Portela returned to first-team duties, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Albacete Balompié.Albacete y Xerez empatan en un partido intrascendente (Albacete and Xerez draw in an irrelevant match); Marca, 3 June 2007 A month later he signed a new two-year deal with the Andalusians,Portela renueva dos temporadas con el Xerez con opción a una tercera (Portela renews for two seasons with Xerez with option for a third); Marca, 11 April 2007 but was released two seasons later.
In the following years Portela competed in Segunda División B, representing AD Ceuta, Écija Balompié, CD PuertollanoPortela y Pizarraya, presentados oficialmente en Puertollano (Portela and Pizarraya, officially presented in Puertollano) ; Oretania, 11 July 2011 and Atlético Sanluqueño CF.Espinar y Portela ya son verdiblancos (Espinar and Portela already are verdiblancos) ; Sanluqueño's official website, 19 July 2012
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