Sebastián Hernán Bertoli (born 16 October 1977) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Sebastián Bertoli
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Hernán Bertoli
Date of birth (1977-10-16) 16 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Paraná, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988–1992 Universitario (PA)
1992–1994 Newell's Old Boys
1994 Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Unión Crespo
1998–1999 Don Bosco
1999–2001 Universitario (VLSM)
2001–2003 Germinal
2003 Atlético Paraná
2003–2019 Patronato 486 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Bertoli had youth team spells with Universitario (PA), Newell's Old Boys and Racing Club.[2] His senior career got underway in 1997 with Unión Crespo, which preceded moves to Don Bosco, Universitario (VLSM), Germinal and Atlético Paraná between 1998 and 2003.[2] In 2003, Bertoli joined Torneo Argentino B side Patronato.[2] He made one hundred and two appearances in his first four years, which ended with promotion to the 2008–09 Torneo Argentino A.[3] Patronato were promoted again in 2009–10 and in 2015, during which period he featured two hundred and ninety times.[3]

He also scored ten goals, with his first coming against Gimnasia y Esgrima on 18 May 2014; netting a 94th-minute penalty to draw 1–1.[1][4] All ten goals were penalty-kicks.[1] He made his top-flight debut on 6 February 2016 versus San Lorenzo, which was the first of forty-two appearances in his opening two seasons in the Primera División; scoring six penalties in the process, including the first versus River Plate in April 2016.[1] Bertoli retired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 Primera División campaign.[5] He played in five hundred and sixty-four matches for Patronato, with four hundred and eighty-six of those arriving in senior, league football.[1][3][5]

Honours edit

Patronato[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Sebastián Bertoli profile". Soccerway. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sebastián Bértoli, patrón del bien". El Grafico. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Sebastián Bertoli profile". BDFA. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Sebastián Bértoli, arquero, concejal y héroe de Patronato: De manejar un taxi llegué a jugar en Primera". La Nación. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Sebastián Bértoli, el héroe de Patronato, se retiró tras dejarlo en Primera con una atajada colosal". Clarín. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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