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Berto
Personal information
Full name Alberto Martínez Díaz
Date of birth (1962-10-27) 27 October 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Lugo, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Figaredo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Caudal
1984–1999 Oviedo 447 (19)
1999–2001 Ponferradina 46 (0)
2001–2003 Águilas
2003–2004 Astur
International career
1991 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Martínez Díaz (born 27 October 1962), known as Berto, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Lugo, Galicia, Berto's career was mainly associated to Real Oviedo for which he played 15 seasons, appearing in a club-best 508 official games. He signed in 1984 from Asturias neighbours Caudal Deportivo in the lower leagues, and spent his first four years in Segunda División, promoting to La Liga in 1988.

Berto made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 3 September 1988, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Real Sociedad and scoring one of his six league goals during the campaign. He only competed in that level until his departure in 1999, more often than not as an undisputed starter and team captain, and added two appearances in the UEFA Cup with his main side, both in the 1991–92 edition.[1]

Berto retired from football in 2004 at nearly 42 years of age, after spells with SD Ponferradina in Segunda División B and amateurs Águilas CF and Astur CF.[2] For his transfer to the latter, he revealed he received death threats.[3]

International career

Berto earned one cap for Spain, the occurrence taking place on 4 September 1991 as he came on as a 56th minute substitute for Manolo in a 2–1 friendly win with Uruguay in Oviedo.[4]

Honours

Oviedo

References

  1. ^ "Una corta renta para el Oviedo". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 September 1991. Retrieved 3 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Homenajean a Berto por jugar con 40 años". Diario de León (in Spanish). 26 October 2002. Retrieved 3 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Berto, del Oviedo ACF, denuncia que recibió amenazas de muerte". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 January 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Tiempo de llorar, tiempo de soñar". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 September 1991. Retrieved 3 December 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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