spanish football player
not to be confused with Antonio Puertas Puerta and the second or maternal family name is Pérez. In this spanish mention, the beginning or agnate surname isand the second gear or maternal family mention is

Antonio José Puerta Pérez ( spanish pronunciation : [ anˈtonjo ˈpweɾta ] ; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007 ) was a spanish master football player who played entirely for Sevilla. [ 1 ] chiefly a leave midfielder who could besides operate as an attack left back, he died on 28 August 2007 affected with arrhythmogenic mighty ventricular dysplasia, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests during a La Liga game against Getafe on the twenty-fifth. [ 2 ] Puerta won five titles with his entirely club, and appeared once for Spain .

Club career [edit ]

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Puerta joined Sevilla FC as a male child and spent a sum of 14 years at the club, [ 3 ] growing up at the cabaret ‘s acclaimed young system alongside early players such as Alejandro Alfaro, Kepa Blanco, Jesús Navas, Sergio Ramos and José Antonio Reyes. His La Liga introduction came on 21 March 2004, as he played 71 minutes in a 0–1 home get the better of against neighbours Málaga CF. [ 4 ] decidedly promoted to the first team for the 2005–06 season, Puerta became well connected to Sevilla ‘s history on 27 April 2006, when he scored against FC Schalke 04 in the semifinals of the UEFA Cup : in the final moments of the match, he received a farseeing ball and struck it with his leave infantry for the 1–0 concluding ( and aggregate ) win – [ 5 ] Sevilla went on to collect five titles in fifteen months, with Puerta scoring his penalty gunfight attempt in the 2007 UEFA Cup final, against compatriots RCD Espanyol ; [ 6 ] his impressive performances earned him international recognition and reported interest from Arsenal, Manchester United and Real Madrid, [ 7 ] but all bids were rejected .

death [edit ]

On 25 August 2007, Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the punishment sphere ascribable to a cardiac check during Sevilla ‘s beginning La Liga match of the 2007–08 campaign at homeground Sánchez Pizjuán against Getafe CF. [ 8 ] He was seen crouching and then subsequently collapsing upon moving back to his team ‘s goal after only 35 minutes of the game had passed, [ 3 ] as teammates Ivica Dragutinović and Andrés Palop immediately ran to his slope as he lost awareness ; moments late, club checkup staff and other players followed suit. [ 9 ] After recovering and being substituted, Puerta was able to walk to the dress room, where he collapsed once again. He was resuscitated by the doctors and taken, by ambulance, to the intensive caution whole of Virgen del Rocío hospital, where he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Puerta died on 28 August 2007, at 14:30. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Doctor Francisco Murillo reported that he had suffered multiple organ failure and irreversible mind damage as a result of multiple drawn-out cardiac arrests due to an incurable, ancestral heart disease known as arrhythmogenic correct ventricular dysplasia. [ 12 ] There was no official bible on whether he had ever been equipped with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, an all-important precaution in people with the disease ; his previous death was alike to those of Marc-Vivien Foé, Matt Gadsby, Miklós Fehér, Renato Curi, Serginho and Phil O’Donnell, all of whom collapsed whilst dally football. Puerta ‘s girlfriend was expecting their beginning child at the time of his death. [ 3 ] As a stigmatize of obedience, players from both Sevilla and city rivals Real Betis attended his funeral days after his death and, subsequently, FIFA ordered the installation of resuscitation rooms in every stadium that hosted the World Cup qualifiers.

Tributes [edit ]

sevilla retired Puerta ‘s count 16 jersey after his death As a consequence of Puerta ‘s death, Sevilla ‘s UEFA Champions League modifier against AEK Athens F.C. was postponed until the fourth of September [ 13 ] – Sevilla finally won 4–1. The club besides announced that a one-minute silence would be held before every league pit on the weekend of 1–2 September 2007. additionally, Sevilla ‘s UEFA Super Cup game with A.C. Milan on 31 August went ahead, as a tribute to the player, with all 22 participants having the name ‘PUERTA ‘ printed on the back of their jersey. The players and officials on both sides besides wore black armbands. [ 14 ] Sevilla subsequently retired Puerta ‘s total 16 shirt, with the provision that should his son, Aitor Antonio ( bear 22 October 2007 ), [ 15 ] one day play for the club, he will have the option to bring the phone number out of retirement. [ 16 ] however, spanish football teams were not allowed to do therefore, as the Royal Spanish Football Federation stated that clubs should use numeral 1 to 25 for their unconstipated team, with no extra room for steer ; as a result, David Prieto wore the shirt in 2007–08 in respect of his acquaintance [ 17 ] but it was former decided that merely youth products could wear that jersey. [ 18 ] controversially, the count was given to Argentine Federico Fazio in 2016. [ 19 ] One class late, it was awarded to Jesús Navas, a close ally of Puerta, upon his render to the clubhouse in 2017. [ 20 ] Ramos wore T-shirts in memory of Puerta after Spain won UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Navas doing the like on the latter occasion. [ 21 ] Earlier in 2010, a statue of him was built in the club ‘s José Ramón Cisneros Palacios sporting facilities. [ 22 ] [ 23 ]

International career [edit ]

Puerta was capped once by the Spain national side, playing against Sweden on 7 October 2006. He came on as a substitute for Deportivo de La Coruña ‘s Joan Capdevila in the 52nd minute of a 0–2 aside loss for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. [ 24 ] additionally, Puerta appeared five times for the under-21s .

career statistics [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sevilla 2003–04 La Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004–05 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2005–06 17 2 0 0 12[a] 3 0 0 29 5
2006–07 30 2 6 0 10[b] 0 1[c] 0 47 2
2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[d] 0 2 0
Career total 55 5 9 0 22 3 2 0 88 8

Honours [edit ]

Sevilla

Spain U23

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

  • Antonio Puerta at BDFutbol
  • Antonio Puerta at National-Football-Teams.com