José MarÃa "Chema" Antón Samper (born 19 March 1989) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left back
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.
Club career
Born in
Casas del Señor,
Valencian Community
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, Antón joined
Real Madrid
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's youth system in 2003, aged 14. Four years later he made his senior debut, spending three full seasons with
the B-team in
Segunda División B
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.
Without actually appearing in
La Liga
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, Antón was an unused
substitute in
Bernd Schuster
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's last game in charge of the first team, a 3–4 home loss against
Sevilla FC
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on 7 December 2008. The following match, a 0–2 defeat at
FC Barcelona
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in
Juande Ramos
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After playing and managing at an amateur level, Ramos led Rayo Vallecano to promotion to La Liga, followed by reaching the quarter-finals ...
' debut, he was again on the bench.
On 28 July 2010, Antón moved to
Real Betis
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, spending
his first and only season in
Andalusia
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with
the reserves also in the third level. In the summer of 2011 he had a trial with
FC Red Bull Salzburg
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, signing shortly after and joining
Hungarian top flight club
Újpest FC
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Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in ...
the following year.
Antón signed for
UB Conquense
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on 30 January 2015, receiving the international clearance seven days later. He continued competing in division three in the following years, with
CD Guijuelo
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and
CD Eldense
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.
On 28 March 2017, Antón agreed to a one-year contract at
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
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in the Finnish
Veikkausliiga
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.
Career statistics
Honours
Újpest
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Magyar Kupa
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:
2013–14
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
People from Vinalopó MitjÃ
Footballers from the Province of Alicante
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División B players
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
UB Conquense footballers
CD Guijuelo footballers
CD Eldense footballers
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Újpest FC players
Veikkausliiga players
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
21st-century Spanish sportsmen