Toni Prats
| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mallorca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | Mallorca B | 12 | (0) |
| 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 | 441 | (2) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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 Bilbao) and playing one year with Celta de Vigo, he finally settled at Seville's Real Betis, where he remained nine years. Ironically, in 1999–2000, as the Andalusians were relegated from the top flight, he scored against Atlético 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 campaigns, before the emergence of Miguel Ángel Moyà forced a move to second division club 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?); RCDM, 17 February 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Prats espera seguir vinculado al Hércules (Prats hopes to continue working with Hércules); Marca, 7 March 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA.com, 12 June 2005
External links
- Toni Prats at BDFutbol
- Betisweb stats and bio Template:Es icon
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Majorca
- Spanish footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- RCD Mallorca B players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Celta de Vigo players
- Real Betis players
- Hércules CF players