In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prats and the second or maternal family name is Cervera.
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| Full name | Antonio Prats Cervera | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1971-09-09) 9 September 1971 (age 53) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Capdepera, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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 | 244 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Mallorca | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hércules | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 441 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Antonio 'Toni' Prats Cervera (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In a career spent mainly with Betis, he appeared in 338 La Liga matches over 12 seasons (467 in 17 both major levels combined), winning one Copa del Rey with the club.
Club career
Prats was born in Capdepera, Majorca. 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) and playing one year with RC Celta de Vigo, he finally settled at Seville's Real Betis, where he remained nine years. 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 1–2 loss.
In 2005–06, Prats returned to Mallorca for a further two campaigns, before the emergence of Miguel Ángel Moyá forced a move to Segunda División club Hércules CF where he was scarcely used, retiring in March 2008 following recurrent back problems.
Personal life
Prats' nephew Abdón is also a footballer. A forward, he too was groomed at Mallorca.
Honours
Club
Betis
International
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Third-place 1994
References
- ¿Sabías que Toni Prats fue el primer portero de Primera en marcar de tiro libre? (Did you know Toni Prats was the first Primera goalkeeper to score from a free kick?); RCDM, 17 February 2010 (in Spanish)
- Prats espera seguir vinculado al Hércules (Prats hopes to continue linked to Hércules); Marca, 7 March 2008 (in Spanish)
- "El sobrino supera al tío" [The nephew overcomes the uncle] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 12 June 2005
External links
- Toni Prats at BDFutbol
- Betisweb stats and bio (in Spanish)