Marc Bertrán Vilanova

Marc Bertrán

Personal information
Full name	Marc Bertrán Vilanova
Date of birth	22 May 1982 (1982-05-22) (age 29)
Place of birth	La Pobla de Segur, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Osasuna
Number	2
Youth career
	Pobla Segur
1998–2001	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Espanyol B	34	(1)
2002–2005	Espanyol	17	(0)
2004–2005	→ Córdoba (loan)	22	(1)
2005	Cádiz	1	(0)
2006	Lorca Deportiva	19	(1)
2006–2011	Tenerife	161	(4)
2011–	Osasuna	10	(0)
National team
2003	Spain U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bertrán and the second or maternal family name is Vilanova.

Marc Bertrán Vilanova (born 22 May 1982 in La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Catalonia) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a right defender.

Football career

Bertrán began playing football for local side 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, going on to amass a further 16 top division appearances in the next two campaigns combined. In 2004–05, he served a relegation-ending loan spell at Córdoba CF, in the second level.

Released in the 2005 summer, Bertrán split 2005–06 in the two highest division, 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' outfit returned to the top flight after seven years.

In the 2009–10 season, as Tenerife was relegated in the last matchday, Bertrán appeared in 21 matches, scoring in the penultimate round - a 2–2 home draw against UD Almería.^[1] However, having started and finished the campaign in the first eleven, 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.^[2]

Bertrán was an undisputed starter for Tenerife in 2010–11, but the team suffered another relegation. In late May 2011, the 29-year old agreed on a deal with CA Osasuna, thus returning to the top division.

References

1. ^ Tenerife stay alive; ESPN Soccernet, 8 May 2010
2. ^ Bertrán: "Drenthe debió ver la roja" (Bertrán: "Drenthe should have been shown a red card"); El Mundo Deportivo, 3 October 2009 (Spanish)

External links

• Osasuna official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Transfermarkt profile
• Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Bertran, Marc
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	22 May 1982
Place of birth	La Pobla de Segur, Spain
Date of death
Place of death