Cristian Portilla

Cristian Portilla
Personal information
Full name Cristian Portilla Rodríguez
Date of birth (1988-08-28) 28 August 1988
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Mensajero
Youth career
1997–2004 Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Racing B 54 (7)
2006–2009 Racing Santander 4 (0)
2008Racing Ferrol (loan) 15 (0)
2008–2009Ponferradina (loan) 32 (4)
2009–2010 Sporting B 22 (6)
2010 Sporting Gijón 5 (0)
2011–2012 Aris 11 (1)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 16 (0)
2013 Glyfada 10 (1)
2014 Honvéd 9 (1)
2015 Mitra Kukar 0 (0)
2015 Ermis 1 (0)
2015–2016 Tatabánya 17 (4)
2016– Mensajero 11 (0)
National team
2004 Spain U16 4 (1)
2006 Spain U17 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Portilla and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Cristian Portilla Rodríguez (born 28 August 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Mensajero mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Portilla was born in Santander, Cantabria. The son of a former footballer, he entered local Racing de Santander's youth academy at nine alongside cousin Carlos Mata, after allegedly receiving an offer from Deportivo de La Coruña after a tournament, which his father turned down.

After playing with the B-side, Portilla first appeared with the professionals on 12 March 2006 during a 1–2 away loss against Atlético Madrid,[1] playing two more La Liga games during the season. During his first years he could only add another appearance with the main squad and, in January 2008, was loaned to Racing de Ferrol[2] who were finally relegated from the second division.

To further continue his development as a player (still aged 20), Portilla was loaned again in the following campaign, moving to SD Ponferradina in the third level.[3] For 2009–10 he was bought by Sporting de Gijón in the top flight, with Santander having an option to re-acquire the player in three years; in his first year, he spent time with both the first and second teams, the latter in division three.[4]

In late December 2010, Portilla left Asturias and joined Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki) in Greece, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[5] He was released a year later.

In the following years, Portilla did not settle with any team, representing CD Atlético Baleares,[6] Glyfada FC,[7] Budapest Honvéd FC[8] and Mitra Kukar FC.[9]

Club statistics

As of match played 22 August 2015
Club statistics
Club Season League Cups Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Santander 2005–06[10] La Liga 300030
2006–07[10] La Liga 100010
2007–08[10] La Liga 000000
Racing Santander total 400040
Racing Ferrol (loan) 2007–08[10] Segunda División 150150
Ponferradina (loan) 2008–09[10] Segunda División B 3244300367
Sporting Gijón 2009–10[11] La Liga 400040
2010–11[11] La Liga 101020
Sporting Gijón total 501060
Aris 2010–11[11] Superleague Greece 10100101
2011–12[11] Superleague Greece 100010
Aris total 11100111
Atlético Baleares 2012–13[10] Segunda División B 16000160
Glyfada 2013–14[11] Football League 10110111
Honvéd 2014–15[11] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 9150141
Ermis 2015–16[11] Cypriot First Division 100010
Career total 103711311410

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