Juan Tomás Ortuño Martínez (born 11 February 1992), commonly known as Juanto, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for CD Eldense.

Club career

Born in Yecla, Region of Murcia, Juanto joined Villarreal CF in 2011 following a brief period with Albacete Balompié, being initially assigned to the C team. On 21 January 2012 he made his Segunda División debut, starting for the reserves in a 1–0 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.

Juanto Ortuño

Juanto scored his first goal as a professional on 3 March 2012, playing 28 minutes of the 4–3 home win over CD Alcoyano. He contributed 16 games during the season, as both the first and the second teams dropped down a level.

Juanto Ortuño

Over the next two campaigns, Juanto scored 31 goals in 68 division three games, including all four of his team's efforts on 13 January 2013 in a defeat of CF Reus Deportiu, and a hat-trick on 17 February against UE Llagostera. He had one call-up to the main squad, remaining an unused substitute in the 1–1 La Liga home draw with Elche CF on 30 March 2014.

Juanto Ortuño

On 17 July 2014, Juanto signed a two-year deal with Real Murcia from the second tier. However, after the club's administrative relegation, he cut ties with it and moved to CE Sabadell FC also in that tier. He scored twice during his tenure, equalising for a 1–1 draw at Real Zaragoza on 14 September and getting the only goal then being sent off in a home victory over SD Ponferradina six days later, in an eventual relegation.

On 9 April 2015, Juanto terminated his contract with the Catalans and joined UCAM Murcia CF in the third division hours later. On 14 July, he signed with second-tier side Llagostera; in the following transfer window, however, he was released, and moved to Portugal after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal with C.F. Os Belenenses. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 24 January, replacing Rafael Amorim at half-time and scoring in a 3–3 draw against Vitória S.C. at the Estádio do Restelo.

Juanto joined SD Ponferradina on 9 August 2016, after cutting ties with Belenenses. On 4 January 2017 he left by mutual consent, and returned to his previous club the next day.

Juanto left Belenenses on 2 January 2018, and returned to his country with Lleida Esportiu two days later. He moved to fellow second-tier team Córdoba CF on 29 June 2019, signing for CD Castellón in the same league the following 8 January.

Juanto helped the Valencians to promote with eight goals in just 12 matches, but was sparingly used afterwards. On 22 June 2022, he agreed to a contract at Primera Federación side CD Eldense, achieving another promotion as the latter returned to division two after 59 years; he scored the decisive goal in the playoffs, equalising the 3–3 extra time draw against Real Madrid Castilla in the second leg of the final (4–4 aggregate).

Personal life

Juanto's older brother, Alfredo, was also a footballer and a forward. He too was brought up at Albacete.

References

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1992 births

Living people

People from Yecla

Spanish men's footballers

Footballers from the Region of Murcia

Men's association football forwards

Segunda División players

Segunda División B players

Tercera División players

Primera Federación players

Atlético Albacete players

Villarreal CF C players

Villarreal CF B players

Real Murcia CF players

CE Sabadell FC footballers

UCAM Murcia CF players

CF Badalona Futur players

SD Ponferradina players

Lleida Esportiu footballers

Córdoba CF players

CD Castellón footballers

CD Eldense footballers

Primeira Liga players

C.F. Os Belenenses players

Spanish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal