Antonio Portales

Antonio Portales
Portales in 2023
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal
Date of birth (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996
Place of birth Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 PAC Omonia 29M
Number 19
Youth career
2011–2015 Monterrey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Monterrey 3 (0)
2018–2020 → Atlético San Luis (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 Alebrijes de Oaxaca 49 (3)
2022–2023 Atlante 45 (9)
2023–2025 Dundee 46 (3)
2026 Jaiba Brava 18 (2)
2026– PAC Omonia 29M 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2026

Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal (born 16 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot First Division club PAC Omonia 29M.

Career

In Mexico

Portales spent nine years in his home country of Mexico starting off at Monterrey. He finished playing in Mexico in the 2022–23 season for Atlante where he scored 9 goals across 45 appearances in all competitions.

Dundee

On 16 June 2023, Portales signed for Scottish Premiership club Dundee.[1] He made his debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup group stage win over Dumbarton.[2] Portales went off within minutes of his Scottish Premiership debut at home to Motherwell after injuring his knee, which would leave him sidelined for several weeks.[3][4] Portales made his return on 30 September away to Hibernian, and kept a clean sheet in the game.[5] After establishing himself as a mainstay in the Dee defence, Portales suffered a hamstring injury in a December game away to Rangers which would keep him out for 10 to 12 weeks.[6][7] He returned to playing at the end of February away to Celtic.[8] Portales scored his first goal for Dundee on 28 April 2024 in a home game against Celtic.[9]

Portales opened his scoring account for the 2024–25 season on 13 July 2024 with a goal in a 1–7 away victory over Bonnyrigg Rose in the Scottish League Cup group stage.[10] In December 2024, Portales suffered a hamstring injury which kept him out for several weeks, returning to play in February.[11] On 17 June 2025, Dundee announced that Portales had departed the club.[12]

Return to Mexico

On 29 January 2026, Portales returned to Mexico and signed for his hometown club Club Jaiba Brava in the Liga de Expansión MX.[13]

PAC Omonia 29M

On 21 July 2026, Portales signed with Cypriot club PAC Omonia 29M.[14] He made his debut on 28 August in an away opening day victory over Krasava ENY Ypsonas.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club[16] Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monterrey 2014–15 Liga MX 3090——120
2015–16 0040——40
2016–17 0021—0021
2017–18 0050——50
Total 302010000231
Atlético San Luis (loan) 2018–19 Ascenso MX 6091——151
2019–20 Liga MX 3050——80
Total 901410000231
Alebrijes de Oaxaca 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX 162———162
2021–22 331———331
2022–23 00———00
Total 493000000493
Atlante 2022–23 Liga de Expansión MX 459———459
Dundee 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 222002000242
2024–25 241106300314
Total 463108300556
Jaiba Brava 2025–26 Liga de Expansión MX 18 2 — — — 18 2
PAC Omonia 29M 2026–27 Cypriot First Division 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Career total 17117352830021422

Honours

Monterrey

Atlético San Luis

Atlante

References

  1. ↑ "Antonio Portales signs for the Dee". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dundee v Dumbarton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dundee carve out point on top-flight return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Cran, George (14 August 2023). "Dundee manager Tony Docherty praises Scott Tiffoney reaction as Antonio Portales injury timeline revealed". The Courier. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Blunt Hibs held by stuffy Dundee at Easter Road". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Cran, George (15 December 2023). "Dundee dealt bitter injury blow after Antonio Portales ruled out for extended period as Owen Beck remains doubt for Ross County clash". The Courier. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Docherty on County challenge, January window and Portalles injury". BBC Sport. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rampant Celtic put seven past hapless Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dundee vs Celtic: Scottish Premiership". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Bonnyrigg Rose vs. Dundee - 13 July 2024 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Cran, George (29 December 2024). "Dundee 'rocked' by Antonio Portales injury news". The Courier. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Dundee FC retained list 2025". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Cran, George (29 January 2026). "Antonio Portales finally lands new club seven months after leaving Dundee". The Courier. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Welcome Antonio!". o29m.com (in Greek). 21 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Krasava v Omonia May 29th live score & match info | Soccerway". soccerway.com. 28 August 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "J. Portales Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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