 Antonio Puerta, 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio José Puerta Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 2007 (aged 22) | ||
| Place of death | Seville, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1993 | AD Nervión | ||
| 1993–2002 | Sevilla | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Sevilla B | 69 | (6) |
| 2004–2007 | Sevilla | 55 | (5) |
| Total | 124 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 5 | (2) |
| 2006 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antonio José Puerta Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo ˈpweɾta]; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla.[1]
Mainly a left midfielder who could also operate as an attacking left-back, he died on 28 August 2007 affected with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests during a La Liga game against Getafe on the 25th.[2]
Puerta won five trophies with his only club, and appeared once for Spain.
- ^ "Antonio Puerta, una vida de sevillista" [Antonio Puerta, a lifetime as a sevillista]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Sevilla star dies after collapse". CNN. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2008.