Jorge Bartual

Jorge Bartual Medina (born 18 August 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bartual and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Jorge Bartual
Bartual in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jorge Bartual Medina
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Valencia B 30 (0)
1995–2000 Valencia 8 (0)
2001 Tenerife 0 (0)
2001–2002 Quintanar Rey
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Valencia, Bartual spent most of his career with local Valencia CF, playing his first five years as a senior with the B-team, the last three in Segunda División B. He was definitely promoted to the main squad for the 1995–96 season, making his La Liga debut on 24 January 1996 in a 5–2 away win against Real Valladolid, after Andoni Zubizarreta injured himself in the warmup.[1][2]

During his spell with the Che, however, Bartual never managed to be more than second or third-choice, successively being understudy to Zubizarreta, Santiago Cañizares and Andrés Palop and conceding 14 goals in his league appearances. He was on the substitutes bench for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League final, against Real Madrid.[3]

In the 2001 winter transfer window, Bartual left Valencia and signed with CD Tenerife in Segunda División, where he failed to appear. He retired in June of the following year at not yet 31 after one season with Tercera División side CD Quintanar del Rey,[2] and later rejoined his main club as goalkeeper coach for the youth teams.[4]

Honours

References
  1. El Valencia muestra la puerta de salida a Benítez (Valencia show exit door to Benítez); Mundo Deportivo, 25 January 1996 (in Spanish)
  2. Jorge Bartual Medina; Renaldinhos y Pavones, 24 May 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Real storm to Cup glory; BBC Sport, 24 May 2000
  4. Entrenadores de porteros (Goalkeeper coaches); at Sólo Porteros (in Spanish)
  5. "Valencia 2-1 Salzburg (Aggregate: 4 - 1)". uefa.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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