José María "Chema" Antón Samper (born 19 March 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Chema Antón
Personal information
Full name José María Antón Samper
Date of birth (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Casas del Señor, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Kelme
2003–2007 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Real Madrid B 55 (1)
2010–2011 Betis B 31 (0)
2011–2012 Red Bull Salzburg 4 (0)
2012–2014 Újpest 44 (2)
2015 Conquense 13 (2)
2015–2016 Guijuelo 24 (0)
2016–2017 Eldense 24 (0)
2017 SJK 12 (0)
International career
2008 Spain U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2017

Club career edit

Born in Casas del Señor, Valencian Community, Antón joined Real Madrid's youth system in 2003, aged 14. Four years later he made his senior debut, spending three full seasons with the B-team in Segunda División B.

Without actually appearing in La Liga, Antón was an unused substitute in Bernd Schuster's last game in charge of the first team, a 3–4 home loss against Sevilla FC on 7 December 2008. The following match, a 0–2 defeat at FC Barcelona in Juande Ramos' debut, he was again on the bench.[1]

On 28 July 2010, Antón moved to Real Betis,[2] spending his first and only season in Andalusia with the reserves also in the third level. In the summer of 2011 he had a trial with FC Red Bull Salzburg, signing shortly after and joining Hungarian top flight club Újpest FC the following year.

Antón signed for UB Conquense on 30 January 2015, receiving the international clearance seven days later.[3] He continued competing in division three in the following years, with CD Guijuelo[4] and CD Eldense.[5]

On 28 March 2017, Antón agreed to a one-year contract at Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.[6]

Honours edit

Újpest

References edit

  1. ^ Cañizares, Rubén (9 December 2008). "Juande repite la última convocatoria de Schuster" [Juande repeats Schuster's last call-up] (in Spanish). Defensa Central. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ Dos nuevos fichajes para el Betis B: Edgar y Chema Antón (Two new signings for Betis B: Edgar and Chema Antón) Archived 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Real Betis, 28 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Chema Antón ya es jugador de la Balompédica (Chema Antón is already a Balompédica player); UB Conquense, 6 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Chema Antón, nuevo central de 'Champions' para la zaga del CD Guijuelo" [Chema Antón, new Champions stopper for Guijuelo's back sector]. Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ Belda, Raúl (26 March 2017). "Chema Antón también se va del Eldense" [Chema Antón also leaves Eldense] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Tervetuloa Anatolé Abang ja Chema Antón" [Welcome Anatolé Abang and Chema Antón] (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

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