Toni Prats
Spanish footballer
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Antonio 'Toni' Prats Cervera (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Full name | Antonio Prats Cervera | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Capdepera, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Mallorca | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Mallorca B | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Mallorca | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Celta | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2005 | Betis | 282 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Mallorca | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hércules | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 479 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
In a career spent mainly with Betis, he appeared in 338 La Liga matches over 12 seasons (467 across both major levels), winning one Copa del Rey with the club.[1]
Club career
Prats was born in Capdepera, Mallorca. After emerging through his hometown RCD Mallorca's youth system (appearing in one La Liga match in the 1991–92 season, a 1–2 home loss against Athletic Bilbao)[2] and playing one year with RC Celta de Vigo, he finally settled at Seville's Real Betis, where he remained nine years.[3][4] Ironically, in 1999–2000, as the Andalusians were relegated from the top flight, he scored against Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid through free kicks, in respectively a 2–1 win and 2–1 loss.[5][6]
In 2005–06, alleging personal reasons, Prats returned to Mallorca for a further two campaigns,[7] before the emergence of Miguel Ángel Moyá[8] forced a move to Segunda División club Hércules CF[9] where he was scarcely used, retiring in March 2008 following recurrent back problems.[10]
International career
Prats was called once by the Spain national team. He remained on the bench in an infamous 3–2 away loss against Cyprus in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers on 5 September 1998, with manager Javier Clemente being dismissed in the aftermath.[11][12]
Personal life
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mallorca B | 1990–91 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Mallorca | 1991–92 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 1993–94 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 1994–95 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 47 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 85 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 | |||
| Celta | 1995–96 | La Liga | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| Betis | 1996–97 | La Liga | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| 1998–99 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 1999–2000 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||||
| 2000–01 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2002–03 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 282 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 311 | 2 | |||
| Mallorca | 2005–06 | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 52 | 0 | ||||
| Hércules | 2007–08 | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 479 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 524 | 2 | ||
- Appearance in La Liga play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League