Antonio Jesús García González (born 24 February 1977), known as Toñito, is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal where he represented five clubs (mainly Sporting), amassing Primeira Liga totals of 207 games and 24 goals. Club career Toñito was born in La Orotava, Tenerife. A player with skill and teamwork approach alike, he started playing professionally with hometown club CD Tenerife. After having made no appearances for the first team, he moved to Portugal for the 1997–98 season and joined Vitória de Setúbal, going on to represent in the country Sporting CP, C.D. Santa Clara – loaned, where he joined Mauricio Hanuch, also on loan– and Boavista FC; he played an important part in Sporting's conquest of the 2000 Primeira Liga championship, their first in 18 years, playing 28 games although 25 of those were as a substitute. In the 2005–06 campaign, Toñito returned to Spain and Tenerife, with the club now in the second division, scoring seven league goals including two in a 3–2 away win against Racing de Ferrol on 27 May 2006, before he was stretchered off. After a quick spell in Croatia with HNK Rijeka he returned to Portugal, netting a late equaliser for U.D. Leiria at former side Sporting (1–1 in Lisbon), although his team would eventually drop down a level. For 2008–09, Toñito moved to Greece's Ionikos FC. However, in January 2009, he switched to Cyprus and AEK Larnaca FC, reuniting with former Sporting teammate Elpídio Silva; he retired from the game at the end of the season, aged 32. Honours Sporting Primeira Liga: 1999–2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2000, 2002 References External links 1977 births Living people People from Tenerife Sportspeople from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spanish footballers Footballers from the Canary Islands Association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Tenerife B players CD Tenerife players Primeira Liga players Vitória F.C. players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Santa Clara players Sporting CP B players Boavista F.C. players U.D. Leiria players Croatian Football League players HNK Rijeka players Ionikos F.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Spanish expatriate sportspeople