Francisco Portillo (footballer, born 1981)

Francisco Alejandro Bautista Portillo (born 25 January 1981) is a Panamanian footballer, who currently plays for Atlético Nacional.

Francisco Alejando Portillo Bautista
Personal information
Full name Francisco Alejandro Portillo Bautista
Date of birth (1981-02-25) February 25, 1981
Place of birth Panama
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Nacional
Youth career
Sporting San Miguelito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Sporting San Miguelito
2002–2003 San Francisco
2004–2006 Árabe Unido
2007 Once Municipal
2008 San Salvador 6 (0)
2008–2009 Alianza 27 (0)
2010–2012 Sporting San Miguelito 33 (0)
2013–2015 Atlético Nacional
National team
2001–2004 Panama 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bautista and the second or maternal family name is Portillo.

Club career

He started his career at Sporting 89 and played for various local sides[1] before embarking on a career abroad, playing several years in Salvadoran football. He joined Once Municipal in February 2007[2] and in January 2008 moved to ambitious capital club San Salvador, only to leave them for Alianza in July 2008.

He returned to Panama in January 2010 to play for his first ever club Sporting San Miguelito again[3] and later joined Second Division side Atlético Nacional. In November 2013, he saved two SUNTRACS penalties to earn his side a place in the 2nd division championship final,[4] but they eventually missed out on promotion to Atlético Chiriquí.[5]

International career

Portillo made his debut for Panama in an August 2001 friendly match against Brazil in which he came on as a last-minute substitute for Óscar McFarlane and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals.

His final international was a March 2004 friendly match against Cuba.

In 2015, Portillo was named in the Panama national beach soccer team.[6]

References
  1. Portillo no se confía y piensa en cuartos - Crítica (in Spanish)
  2. Portillo irá al Once Municipal - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. Brasileños y Colombianos refuerzan al Sporting de San Miguelito - TVMax (in Spanish)
  4. Atlético Chiriquí y Atlético Nacional jugarán la final de la LNA - RPC (in Spanish)
  5. Atlético Chiriquí nuevo campeón de la LNA Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - FEPAFUT (in Spanish)
  6. El ex Alianza, Francisco Portillo es uno de los porteros de la selección de fútbol playa de Panamá - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
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