Santi Cazorla is the main protagonist of the Real Oviedo ascent to First Division, but another of the heroes is undoubtedly Francisco Portillo. The veteran Malaga midfielder was key entering from the bench in the Playoff final against the Mirandés scoring a real goal in the extension that put the 3-1 and that unleashed the madness in Carlos Tartiere. A true talisman and a legend of the category, And it is that Portillo has achieved five promotions in the five seasons he has played in the Second Division.
Betis (2014-15), Getafe (2016-17), Almería (2021-22), Leganés (2023-24) and Oviedo (2024-25) They are the five teams with which Portillo has managed to ascend to First and, a significant fact, is that they did it with comeback. In this last final of the promotion playoff to First against the Mirandés, Portillo was also one of the protagonists by scoring the third goal of the Asturians in the extension.
Francisco Portillo's only 5 seasons in Second Division:
2014-15, ascends with Real Betis
2016-17, ascends with Getafe
2021-22, ascends with Almería
2023-24, ascends with Leganés
2024-25, ascends with Real Oviedo5 of 5. Crazy.
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“There is no bad fifth,” thought the talented Malaga player, who after climbing the Leganés And end contract did not renew him, so he went back to the market. With the season already started, Real Oviedo decided to sign him Last November when I was free and without a team. At that time, many already thought of the talisman of Portillo and that this could be the season of the long -awaited promotion to first 24 years later. And so it has been.
Portillo is not the player who went up the most times, since EscobarCádiz player, Elche and Castellón, ascended six times (with more attempts). But there is no doubt that the Andalusian is a real legend of the silver category and the five clubs to which he has managed to climb to First, starting with Betis in 2025 and ending with Oviedo ten years later. A Portillo That after the game he was very happy for what was achieved and that he explained that he had a lot of confidence in the ascent, more than the four times before even though he finally got it.
🌟 A first goal.
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