Antonio Robaina

Robaina was born in Las Palmas. After starting out at local club UD Las Palmas, playing mainly in the Segunda División B, the 20-year-old signed for CD Tenerife also in his native Canary Islands in 1995, immediately having an impact in La Liga by making 39 appearances and providing 17 assists as his team finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup, also featuring regularly as they reached the latter competition's semi-finals. After another average season, Robaina gradually fell out of favour with Tenerife and, in the 1999 January transfer window, returned to Las Palmas in the first of a series of loans. He spent 1999–2000 in Portugal with Sporting CP, totalling just ten minutes from three games as the Lisbon side claimed the Primeira Liga title. In the following campaign he played with another team in his native region, Universidad de Las Palmas CF, suffering relegation from Segunda División and being subsequently released by his main club, for which he appeared in 117 competitive matches. From the age of 27 until his retirement eight years later, Robaina all but competed in the third tier of Spanish football, with one-year spells in the Tercera División and regional football; the majority of the sides hailed from the Canary Islands.

Robaina's son, also named Antonio, was also a footballer and a midfielder.

Sporting CP

Primeira Liga: 1999–2000 Spain U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1991 Spain U17

FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 1991