Antonio Puerta

Antonio José Puerta Pérez is a former fooball player who was born in 1984 in Sevilla and died in 2007 during a football game in Sevilla due to a heart attack. He played as a defender and is the biggest legend for Sevilla FC.

Puerta started his career playin for Sevilla's lower divisions, and made his debut for the first team in March 24th 2004 against Málaga CF. The next year he became a hero scoring a goal during the extension of the UEFA's Cup semifinals against Schalke 04, classifying the team to their first ever UEFA Cup final. They won that UEFA Cup. The next season he won the European Supercup, the King's Cup and the UEFA Cup again, scoring him the last goal in the final penalty shootout. That summer he had offers from big clubs like Arsenal FC, Real Madrid or Manchester United, but he decided to stay in Sevilla. The next season, in the first league match against Getafe, he collapsed due to a heart attack, but he left the pitch by himself. He was entered to UCI in Hospital Virgen del Rocío of Sevilla due to another collapse he suffered in the stadium's changing rooms, where he sadly died three days later.
He for the spanish sub-21 and sub-23 national team and with the first national team.