Antonio Rodríguez Martínez (born 17 December 1979), known as Toño (), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career with Racing de Santander, appearing in 183 competitive matches over seven seasons. In La Liga, he also represented Granada, Elche and Rayo Vallecano.
Club career Toño was born in Alicante, Valencian Community. After making his professional debut with his hometown club Hércules CF, he joined Recreativo de Huelva (Segunda División) for the 2003–04 season, signing with La Liga side Racing de Santander in January 2005 but returning to Huelva on loan exactly one year later; during both his spells in Andalusia, he had an interesting battle for first-choice status with José Antonio Luque.
In the following years, Toño was the undisputed first-choice. In the 2007–08 campaign, when his team achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup, he finished second to Iker Casillas in the Ricardo Zamora Trophy race, an award which he had already won in his debut season with Recre.
Toño begun 2009–10 again as starter. On 28 February 2010, however, he suffered a leg injury as the Cantabrians lost 2–0 at home against UD Almería, and would be sidelined for more than two months, although he would be reinstated for the final two games as Racing narrowly avoided relegation, including the decisive 2–0 home win over Sporting de Gijón.
After leaving Santander in the summer of 2012, Toño continued competing in the top division by representing Granada CF and Elche CF. On 22 August 2014, he terminated his contract with the latter and moved to Rayo Vallecano in the same league on 1 September.
In March 2018, the 38-year-old Toño announced his retirement due to recurrent physical problems.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHércules1999–2000Segunda División B0020—20402000–01Segunda División B12010——1302001–02Segunda División B180——502302002–03Segunda División B27010——280Total57040—70680Recreativo2003–04Segunda División28010——2902004–05Segunda División21020——230Total49030——520Racing Santander2004–05La Liga10———102005–06La Liga0010——102006–07La Liga32000——3202007–08La Liga32010——3302008–09La Liga3401030—3802009–10La Liga16000——1602010–11La Liga37000——3702011–12La Liga25000——250Total17703030—1830Recreativo (loan)2005–06Segunda División190———190Granada2012–13La Liga24000——240Elche2013–14La Liga9020——110Rayo Vallecano2014–15La Liga21000——2102015–16La Liga10000——1002016–17Segunda División8000——802017–18Segunda División0000——00Total39000——390Career Total374012030703960
Honours Recreativo Segunda División: 2005–06
Individual Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2003–04 (Segunda División)
References
External links Racing Santander official profile