Juan Antonio Portales

Juan Antonio Portales Villarreal (born 16 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot First Division club PAC Omonia 29M.

Career

In Mexico Portales spent nine years in his home country of Mexico starting off at Monterrey. He finished playing in Mexico in the 2022–23 season for Atlante where he scored 9 goals across 45 appearances in all competitions.

Dundee On 16 June 2023, Portales signed for Scottish Premiership club Dundee. He made his debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup group stage win over Dumbarton. Portales went off within minutes of his Scottish Premiership debut at home to Motherwell after injuring his knee, which would leave him sidelined for several weeks. Portales made his return on 30 September away to Hibernian, and kept a clean sheet in the game. After establishing himself as a mainstay in the Dee defence, Portales suffered a hamstring injury in a December game away to Rangers which would keep him out for 10 to 12 weeks. He returned to playing at the end of February away to Celtic. Portales scored his first goal for Dundee on 28 April 2024 in a home game against Celtic.

Portales opened his scoring account for the 2024–25 season on 13 July 2024 with a goal in a 1–7 away victory over Bonnyrigg Rose in the Scottish League Cup group stage. In December 2024, Portales suffered a hamstring injury which kept him out for several weeks, returning to play in February. On 17 June 2025, Dundee announced that Portales had departed the club.

Return to Mexico On 29 January 2026, Portales returned to Mexico and signed for his hometown club Club Jaiba Brava in the Liga de Expansión MX.

PAC Omonia 29M On 21 July 2026, Portales signed with Cypriot club PAC Omonia 29M. He made his debut on 28 August in an away opening day victory over Krasava ENY Ypsonas.

Career statistics

Honours Monterrey Copa MX: Apertura 2017

Atlético San Luis Ascenso MX: Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019

Atlante Liga de Expansión MX: Apertura 2022