Antonio Portales
Mexican footballer (born 1996)
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Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal (born 16 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot First Division club PAC Omonia 29M.
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Portales in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PAC Omonia 29M | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2015 | Monterrey | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2020 | Monterrey | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Alebrijes de Oaxaca | 49 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Atlante | 45 | (9) |
| 2023–2025 | Dundee | 46 | (3) |
| 2026 | Jaiba Brava | 18 | (2) |
| 2026– | PAC Omonia 29M | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 July 2026 | |||
Career
In Mexico
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.
Dundee
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] In December 2024, Portales suffered a hamstring injury which kept him out for several weeks, returning to play in February.[11] On 17 June 2025, Dundee announced that Portales had departed the club.[12]
Return to Mexico
On 29 January 2026, Portales returned to Mexico and signed for his hometown club Club Jaiba Brava in the Liga de Expansión MX.[13]
PAC Omonia 29M
On 21 July 2026, Portales signed with Cypriot club PAC Omonia 29M.[14]
Career statistics
- As of match played 30 May 2026
| Club[15] | 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 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| Total | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 6 | ||
| Jaiba Brava | 2025–26 | Liga de Expansión MX | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 170 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 22 | ||
Honours
Monterrey
Atlético San Luis
Atlante
