Antonio Orejuela

Antonio Orejuela
Personal information
Full name	Antonio José Orejuela Rivero
Date of birth	2 December 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1978	Ilsbach
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1982	TSV Hanau
1982–1983	FSV Frankfurt
1983–1984	Salamanca
1984–1988	Mallorca
1988–1993	Atlético Madrid
1993–1994	Rayo Vallecano
1994	Granada
1994–1995	Mallorca
1996–1997	Atlético Baleares
Total
International career
1987	Spain U21
1987–1988	Spain U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio José Orejuela Rivero (born 2 December 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Over the course of nine seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 211 games and 31 goals in representation of four clubs, mainly Atlético Madrid (five years).

Club career

After immigrating with his parents to the country at the age of six,^[1] Madrid-born Orejuela began his professional career in Germany, playing in the 2. Bundesliga with FSV Frankfurt. He returned to his homeland in 1983, starting out at UD Salamanca^[2] and RCD Mallorca – he went on to suffer relegation from La Liga with both clubs;^[3] he made his debut in the competition with the former, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against CA Osasuna on 4 September 1983.^[4]

Ahead of 1988–89, Orejuela signed for Atlético Madrid.^[5] He was regularly used in the first two of his five seasons at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, but suffered greatly with injuries in the other three (just 12 matches in total)^[6]^[7] precisely as the team from the capital won back-to-back Copa del Rey trophies, in 1991 and 1992.^[8]^[9]

Orejuela then spent 1993–94 with neighbours Rayo Vallecano, appearing more but being again relegated from the top flight.^[10] He subsequently returned to Mallorca for a further campaign, now in the Segunda División, and retired at 36 following a spell in the lower leagues.^[9]

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Copa del Rey: 1990–91, 1991–92^[9]

References

^ Mentruit, Imma (15 March 1987). "24 horas en la vida de... Antonio Orejuela" [24 hours in the life of... Antonio Orejuela]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ Pallas, Joan-Pau (20 June 1983). "Orejuela: El último emigrante" [Orejuela: the last immigrant]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ Roig, Joan (5 June 1988). "Con el descenso a Segunda, fin de ciclo" [With relegation to Segunda, end of cycle] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca 1916. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
^ Martínez de Zúñiga, Javier (5 September 1983). "0–0: Osasuna y Salamanca, tal para cual" [0–0: Osasuna and Salamanca, to each their own]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ Maura, Tomeu (14 November 2024). "Raíllo, el último mallorquinista olvidado por la selección española" [Raíllo, the last Mallorca man forgotten by the Spanish national team]. Okdiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
^ "La lesión de Orejuela" [Orejuela's injury]. El País (in Spanish). 22 August 1990. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
^ "Antonio Orejuela jugará en el filial del Atlético de Madrid de Segunda B" [Antonio Orejuela will play in Atlético de Madrid's reserves of Segunda B]. El País (in Spanish). 20 February 1991. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
^ Carbajosa, Carlos E. (30 June 1991). "El Mallorca, finalista elemplar" [Mallorca, the perfect finalists]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Antonio Orejuela" (in Spanish). El Sitio de Mis Cromos. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
^ Braña, Mario (2 June 1994). "El Compostela alcanza la gloría a costa del Rayo" [Compostela reach glory at Rayo's expense]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.

External links

Antonio Orejuela at BDFutbol
Antonio Orejuela at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] Mentruit, Imma (15 March 1987). "24 horas en la vida de... Antonio Orejuela" [24 hours in the life of... Antonio Orejuela]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2012.

[2] Pallas, Joan-Pau (20 June 1983). "Orejuela: El último emigrante" [Orejuela: the last immigrant]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2012.

[3] Roig, Joan (5 June 1988). "Con el descenso a Segunda, fin de ciclo" [With relegation to Segunda, end of cycle] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca 1916. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[4] Martínez de Zúñiga, Javier (5 September 1983). "0–0: Osasuna y Salamanca, tal para cual" [0–0: Osasuna and Salamanca, to each their own]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[5] Maura, Tomeu (14 November 2024). "Raíllo, el último mallorquinista olvidado por la selección española" [Raíllo, the last Mallorca man forgotten by the Spanish national team]. Okdiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[6] "La lesión de Orejuela" [Orejuela's injury]. El País (in Spanish). 22 August 1990. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[7] "Antonio Orejuela jugará en el filial del Atlético de Madrid de Segunda B" [Antonio Orejuela will play in Atlético de Madrid's reserves of Segunda B]. El País (in Spanish). 20 February 1991. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[8] Carbajosa, Carlos E. (30 June 1991). "El Mallorca, finalista elemplar" [Mallorca, the perfect finalists]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[ESDMC-9] "Antonio Orejuela" (in Spanish). El Sitio de Mis Cromos. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[10] Braña, Mario (2 June 1994). "El Compostela alcanza la gloría a costa del Rayo" [Compostela reach glory at Rayo's expense]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2025.

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