Marc Bertrán

Marc Bertrán Vilanova (born 22 May 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bertrán and the second or maternal family name is Vilanova.
Marc Bertrán
Personal information
Full name Marc Bertrán Vilanova
Date of birth (1982-05-22) 22 May 1982
Place of birth La Pobla de Segur, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Pobla de Segur
1998–2001 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Espanyol B 52 (2)
2002–2005 Espanyol 17 (0)
2005 → Córdoba (loan) 22 (1)
2005 Cádiz 1 (0)
2006 Lorca Deportiva 19 (1)
2006–2011 Tenerife 161 (4)
2011–2014 Osasuna 80 (0)
2014–2015 Recreativo 0 (0)
2015 → Leganés (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016 Zaragoza 11 (0)
National team
2003 Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2016

He appeared in 119 La Liga games over the course of nine seasons, in representation of Espanyol, Cádiz, Tenerife and Osasuna. He added 203 and six goals in Segunda División, with five clubs.

Club career

Born in La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Catalonia, Bertrán began playing football for local La Pobla de Segur as future FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol before him. He finished his grooming at RCD Espanyol's youth ranks and played once for the first team in 2001–02,[1] going on to amass a further 16 La Liga appearances in the next two seasons combined; in the second part of the 2004–05 campaign, he served a relegation-ending loan spell at Córdoba CF in the second division.

Released in the summer of 2005, Bertrán split 2005–06 in the two major levels, with Cádiz CF and Lorca Deportiva CF. Subsequently, he moved to CD Tenerife, being an undisputed starter from the beginning; in his third year, he was a defensive cornerstone as the Canary Islands club returned to the top flight after seven years, starting in all of his 35 league appearances and scoring twice.[2][3]

In 2009–10, as Tenerife were relegated in the last matchday, Bertrán appeared in 21 matches, netting in the penultimate round – a 2–2 home draw against UD Almería.[4] Having started and finished the season in the starting eleven, however, he also missed almost four months of action after a dangerous challenge from Real Madrid's Royston Drenthe during a 0–3 away loss in late September.[5]

Bertrán was again first-choice for Tenerife in the 2010–11 campaign, but the team suffered another relegation. In early June 2011, the 29-year-old agreed on a deal with CA Osasuna, thus returning to the top tier.[6]

International career

In his only cap for the Spanish under-21 side, on 10 October 2003, Bertrán played the entire 2–0 away victory over Armenia for the 2004 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[7]

References
  1. La Real prolonga su racha en Montjuïc (Real extend their streak at Montjuïc); El País, 5 November 2001 (in Spanish)
  2. El Tenerife pierde el botín en el descuento (Tenerife lose booty in injury time); Diario AS, 16 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Goleada del Tenerife que pone rumbo a Primera (Rout of a Tenerife who hoist sail toward Primera); Marca, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. Tenerife stay alive; ESPN Soccernet, 8 May 2010
  5. Bertrán: "Drenthe debió ver la roja" (Bertrán: "Drenthe should have been shown red"); Mundo Deportivo, 3 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. Es oficial: Marc Bertrán ficha por Osasuna (It's official: Marc Bertrán signs for Osasuna); Goal, 7 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. Spain sign off with victory; UEFA, 10 October 2003
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