Antonio Robaina Explained

Toni Robaina
Fullname:Antonio Segura Robaina
Birth Date:30 November 1974
Birth Place:Las Palmas, Spain
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Las Palmas
Years1:1992–1995
Caps1:67
Goals1:17
Years2:1995–2001
Caps2:102
Goals2:4
Years3:1999
Clubs3:Las Palmas (loan)
Caps3:17
Goals3:1
Years4:1999–2000
Clubs4:Sporting CP (loan)
Caps4:3
Goals4:0
Years5:2000–2001
Clubs5:Universidad LP (loan)
Caps5:26
Goals5:0
Years6:2001–2002
Caps6:29
Goals6:2
Years7:2002–2003
Caps7:37
Goals7:4
Years8:2003–2004
Caps8:29
Goals8:2
Years9:2004–2005
Caps9:21
Goals9:2
Years10:2005–2006
Caps10:26
Goals10:0
Years11:2006–2008
Caps11:28
Goals11:0
Years12:2009
Clubs12:Breña Alta
Totalcaps:385
Totalgoals:32
Nationalyears1:1991
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:6
Nationalyears2:1991
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:4
Nationalyears3:1992–1993
Nationalcaps3:7
Nationalgoals3:3
Nationalyears4:1993
Nationalcaps4:1
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:1997
Nationalcaps5:3
Nationalgoals5:0

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

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

1999–2000

Country

Spain U16

1991

Spain U17

Runner-up 1991

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tú a Gran Canaria y yo a Tenerife. You to Gran Canaria and myself to Tenerife. Vavel. Miguel García. es. 24 December 2015. 4 July 2018.
  2. Web site: ¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?. What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?. Sphera Sports. es. 18 January 2017. 21 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144142/http://www.spherasports.com/que-fue-tenerife-semifinalista-uefa-116746/. 21 September 2017. dead.
  3. News: Robaina regressa ao Tenerife. Robaina returns to Tenerife. Record. pt. 28 May 2000. 21 September 2017.
  4. News: 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. pt. 3 August 2010. 21 September 2017.
  5. Web site: El Real Betis ficha al hijo de Toni Robaina para su cadena. Real Betis sign the son of Toni Robaina for their youth setup. La Provincia. es. 5 July 2012. 16 April 2019.