| Antonio Portales | |
| Full Name: | Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal |
| Birth Date: | 1996 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Dundee |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Monterrey |
| Years1: | 2014–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Monterrey |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Atlético San Luis (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Oaxaca |
| Caps3: | 49 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Atlante |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Dundee |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 10 August 2024 |
Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal (born 16 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Dundee.
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.
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]
| Club[11] | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Monterrey | 2014–15 | Liga MX | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Atlético San Luis (loan) | 2018–19 | Ascenso MX | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Liga MX | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Alebrijes de Oaxaca | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 | ||||
| Atlante | 2022–23 | Liga de Expansión MX | 45 | 9 | — | — | — | 45 | 9 | |||||
| Dundee | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 130 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 7! | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 19 | ||||
Monterrey
Atlético San Luis
Atlante
Apertura 2022