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Meet The Players


These are the players from the last Free Kick Masters event held in 2008 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Ronaldinho Gaucho | Rafael Marquez | Alessandro Del Piero | Lionel Messi | Fernando Torres | Jared Borgetti
Robert Pires | Dwayne de Rosario | Subait Khater Fayel | Sun Xiang | Sun Ji |Eddie Lewis | Harry Kewell | Dmitri Loskov
Brad Davis | Segundo Castillo | Jozy Altidore | Juninho Pernambucano | Luis Fabiano | Martin Palermo | Kasey Keller
Vojislav Dragovic| Francesco Toldo | David_James | Faryd Aly Camilo Mondragon | Shen Si | Sulley Muntari | Javier Portillo

Javier Portillo

Javier García Portillo (born March 30, 1982 in Aranjuez) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for CA Osasuna.

In the 1994-1995 season Portillo entered the Real Madrid youth structure. During seven seasons as a youth player he was a prolific scorer, scoring 150 goals, breaking the goalscoring record previously held by Raúl González. In 2002, he signed his first professional contract, running until 2007, with a release clause of €35million.

In January 2004, Portillo was loaned to the Serie A club ACF Fiorentina, after scoring 6 league goals, 8 cup goals, and 3 in the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid. The following season he was not part of new coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo's plans, and was loaned to Belgian side Club Brugge. Some people claimed that it was pressure from team leader and captain Raul, that Portillo did not get much game time. Portillo was predicted to become the new and better Raul, but lack of playing time put an end to that comparison.

At the end of this loan period, Portillo returned to Real, under newly-hired coach Fabio Capello. However, with the squad featuring the likes of Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Antonio Cassano, and Ronaldo, Portillo again found himself surplus to requirements and was allowed to find a new club. He signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Gimnàstic de Tarragona, joining on a free transfer. After a very successful individual season (11 league goals, although the Catalan side was relegated), he replaced, on July 2007, Roberto Soldado at Osasuna, who returned to Real Madrid.[2]
 
 
Javier Portillo
Personal information
Full nameJavier García Portillo
Date of birthMarch 30, 1982 (1982-03-30) (age 26)
Place of birth   Aranjuez, Spain
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubOsasuna
Number9
Senior clubs1
YearsClubApp (Gls)*
2001-2002
2002–2006
2004-2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–		Real Madrid Castilla
Real Madrid
→ Fiorentina (loan)
→ Club Brugge (loan)
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Osasuna		23 (15)
31 (6)
11 (1)
24 (8)
34 (11)
11 (1)[1]   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

 
 
 
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