Juan Portillo
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Portillo | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto Rico, Argentina | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | River Plate | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Crucero del Norte | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Crucero del Norte | 14 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Deportivo Itapuense (loan) | ||
| 2020–2023 | Unión Santa Fe | 69 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Talleres | 77 | (1) |
| 2025– | River Plate | 13 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:45, 10 July 2026 (UTC) | |||
Juan Carlos Portillo (born 18 May 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder Argentine Primera División club River Plate.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Portillo joined Crucero del Norte in 2015.[1] He made his first-team breakthrough during the 2018–19 Torneo Federal A, making his debut off the bench on 2 December 2018 in a victory away to Altos Hornos Zapla.[2] Portillo scored his first goal in his next appearance, netting in a Copa Argentina qualifying round first leg draw with San Martín de Formosa on 16 January 2019.[2] Eight further appearances came up until March.[2] Midway through the year, Portillo was loaned with three teammates to Paraguay with Primera División B Nacional side Deportivo Itapuense; an affiliate of Crucero's.[4][5][6][7]
After appearing seven times back with Crucero in 2019–20, Portillo left permanently to join Primera División outfit Unión Santa Fe in July 2020.[2][8] He scored in an October friendly match versus Newell's Old Boys.[9] His first competitive appearance arrived on 28 November against Racing Club in the Copa de la Liga Profesional; replacing Kevin Zenón with seventeen minutes remaining.[2]
In January 2023, Portillo moved to Talleres de Córdoba on a contract until the end of 2026.[10] After a good first season, in which Portillo made 34 appearances, he signed a new contract in November 2023 until the end of 2027.[11]
In July 2025, Portillo joined River Plate, signing a contract until the end of 2028.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crucero del Norte | 2018–19 | Torneo Federal A | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Unión Santa Fe | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Juan Portillo:"Yo soy hincha de Crucero, dejo la vida en cada pelota"". Crucero del Norte. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Argentina - J. Portillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Juan Portillo". World Football. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Deportivo Itapuense ganó con los goles de Campozano". Crucero del Norte. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Crucero: tres que vuelven". Primera Edición. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "El colectivero puso primera". El Territorio. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "En Crucero, las dudas son los de Itapuense". Deportes Misiones. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Con presencia misionera, Unión quiere festejar en Brasil". Economis. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Juan Portillo anotó para los suplentes de Unión". Deportes Misiones. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ Juan Portillo es nuevo jugador de Talleres, clubtalleres.com.ar, 27 January 2023
- ↑ Mejora y extensión de contrato para Juan Portillo, clubtalleres.com.ar, 23 November 2023
- ↑ "Quién es Juan Portillo, el misionero que firmó contrato en River: primeros pasos, trayectoria y sus números como profesional - MisionesOnline" (in Spanish). 24 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de JUAN PORTILLO". BDFA. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Juan Portillo at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Misiones Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
- Torneo Federal A players
- Paraguayan Tercera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Crucero del Norte footballers
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen