Toni Lechuga

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lechuga and the second or maternal family name is Mateos.
Toni Lechuga
Personal information
Full name Antonio Lechuga Mateos
Date of birth (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Xerez
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Xerez B 64 (0)
2008–2013 Xerez 15 (0)
2014 Doxa 16 (0)
2014–2015 Guadalajara 13 (0)
2015–2017 Burgos 64 (0)
2018 Arcos 10 (0)
2018–2019 Alcobendas Sport 40 (0)
2020 Torrijos 10 (0)
2020 Internacional Madrid 0 (0)
2021 Santfeliuenc 4 (0)
2021–2022 Jaén 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio "Toni" Lechuga Mateos (born 15 February 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, Toni started his career with hometown's Xerez CD, playing several seasons with the reserves, the first being 2006–07 in the Tercera División. In late 2008 he was called up to train with the first team,[1] but again only appeared officially for the B side.

Toni served as third-choice – backing up Renan and Chema in the 2009–10 campaign and playing understudy to Chema and Francisco Lledó in 2010–11 – in the following years. On 6 April 2011 he renewed his contract with the Andalusians, extending his link to the club until 2014.[2]

On 20 May 2012, Toni made his debut as a professional, appearing in a 3–2 Segunda División home win against Deportivo de La Coruña.[3] He was promoted to backup the next season, starting the first seven matches as it ended in relegation.[4][5]

Toni spent the 2013–14 campaign in the Cypriot First Division with Doxa Katokopias FC. He returned to his country subsequently, seeing out his career in the lower leagues and amateur football.[6][7][8][9][10]

Club statistics

As of 23 September 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Xerez 2007–08[11] Segunda División 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09[11] Segunda División 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2009–10[11] La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2010–11[11] Segunda División 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2011–12[11] Segunda División 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2012–13[11] Segunda División 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Total 15 0 0 0 — 15 0
Doxa 2013–14[12] Cypriot First Division 16 0 5 0 — 21 0
Guadalajara 2014–15[12] Segunda División B 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Burgos 2015–16[12] Segunda División B 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
Career total 33 0 5 0 0 0 38 0

References

  1. ^ El Xerez B comienza la Liga esta tarde recibiendo al poderoso Algeciras CF (Xerez B start league this afternoon hosting mighty Algeciras CF); La Voz Digital, 6 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El Xerez renueva a Toni y Adri (Xerez renew Toni and Adri); La Voz Digital, 6 April 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Xerez retrasa la fiesta del Depor (Xerez delay Depor's celebrations); Marca, 20 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Chema: "No pensábamos estar en este punto a estas alturas" (Chema: "We never thought our plight would be this one at this time"); Marca, 25 September 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Regeneración obligada (Forced regeneration); Diario de Jerez, 6 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Toni Lechuga llega a la portería del Depor (Toni Lechuga arrives at Depor's goal); Nueva Alcarria, 21 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Burgos llega a un acuerdo con el portero andaluz Toni Lechuga (Burgos reach agreement with Andalusian goalkeeper Toni Lechuga); Diario de Burgos, 24 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Toni Lechuga, nuevo guardameta del Fútbol Alcobendas Sport para la temporada 2018/19 (Toni Lechuga, new Fútbol Alcobendas Sport goalkeeper for the 2018/19 season); Futmadrid, 12 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Toni Lechuga refuerza la portería del Santfeliuenc (Toni Lechuga bolsters goal of Santfeliuenc); Santfeliuenc FC, 2021 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Toni Lechuga, nuevo portero para el Real Jaén (Toni Lechuga, new goalkeeper for Real Jaén); El Deporte de Jaén, 18 November 2021 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Toni: Antonio Lechuga Mateos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "Toni Lechuga". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  • Toni at BDFutbol
  • Toni at Futbolme (in Spanish)
  • Toni at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)