Antonio Robaina

Antonio Segura "Toni" Robaina (born 30 November 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Segura and the second or maternal family name is Robaina.
Toni Robaina
Personal information
Full name Antonio Segura Robaina
Date of birth (1974-11-30) 30 November 1974
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Las Palmas 67 (17)
1995–2001 Tenerife 102 (4)
1999 → Las Palmas (loan) 17 (1)
1999–2000 → Sporting CP (loan) 3 (0)
2000–2001 → Universidad LP (loan) 26 (0)
2001–2002 Ceuta 29 (2)
2002–2003 Pájara Playas 37 (4)
2003–2004 Universidad LP 29 (2)
2004–2005 Guijuelo 21 (2)
2005–2006 Castillo 26 (0)
2006–2008 Santa Brígida 28 (0)
2009 Breña Alta
Total 385 (32)
National team
1991 Spain U16 5 (6)
1991 Spain U17 6 (4)
1992–1993 Spain U18 7 (3)
1993 Spain U21 1 (0)
1997 Spain U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Robaina was born in Las Palmas. After starting out with local UD Las Palmas, playing mainly in Segunda División B, the 20-year-old signed with CD Tenerife also in the Canary Islands in 1995,[1] immediately having an impact in La Liga by playing 39 games as the club finished fifth and qualified to the UEFA Cup, also appearing regularly as his team reached the latter competition's semi-finals.[2]

After another average season he gradually fell out of favour with Tenerife and, in the 1999 January transfer window, returned to Las Palmas in the first of a series of loans. Robaina spent one season in Portugal with Sporting Clube de Portugal, taking no part whatsoever in the Lisbon side's national championship conquest (three games, ten minutes).[3][4] In the following year he played with another team in his native region, Universidad de Las Palmas CF, suffering relegation from Segunda División and being subsequently released by his main club, for which he appeared in nearly 150 competitive games.

From the age of 27 until his retirement eight years later, Robaina played almost exclusively in the third level of Spanish football, with one-year spells in Tercera División and in regional football, with the majority of the sides hailing from the Canary Islands.

Personal life

Robaina's son, also named Antonio, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[5]

Honours

Club
Sporting

Country
Spain U16
Spain U17

References
  1. Miguel García (24 December 2015). "Tú a Gran Canaria y yo a Tenerife" [You to Gran Canaria and myself to Tenerife] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?" [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "Robaina regressa ao Tenerife" [Robaina returns to Tenerife]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 May 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "Internacionais e desconhecidos, é este o retrato dos jogadores espanhóis na Liga portuguesa" [Internationals and unknown, meet the Spanish players in the Portuguese League]. Público (in Portuguese). 3 August 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "El Real Betis ficha al hijo de Toni Robaina para su cadena" [Real Betis sign the son of Toni Robaina for their youth setup] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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