Antonete (Antonio Chenel Albadalejo) was born in Madrid on 24th June 1932. He took the alternativa on 8th March 1953 in Castellón de la Plana. He retired in 1977 but returned to the ring in 1987. In July 2000, after suffering cardio-respiratory crisis during a corrida in Burgos he finally decided to end his career as a torero.