Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Bertocchi FernĂĄndez | ||
Date of birth | (1946-08-05) 5 August 1946 (age 77) | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967â1968 | Peñarol | ||
1968â1970 | L.D.U. Quito | 33 | (32) |
1970 | Peñarol | ||
1970â1971 | Liverpool MVD | ||
1974â1977 | Monterrey | ||
1977â1981 | Tampico | 89 | (26) |
International career | |||
1971â1973 | Uruguay | 10 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1989â1990 | L.D.U. Quito | ||
1996 | L.D.U. Quito | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Francisco "El Tano" Bertocchi Fernåndez (born 5 August 1946) is a retired Uruguayan football midfielder who played for several clubs in Latin America, including Peñarol, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Liverpool de Montevideo and Club de Futbol Monterrey.
Careerâ»
Bertocchi received 10 caps for the Uruguay national football team, scoring once.
His beginnings were at Peñarol, and later he movedââto Ecuadorââto play for Liga de Quito.
Bertocci was the top scorer in the Ecuadorian League in 1969 with L.D.U. Quito, the following year he was joint top scorer in the Copa Libertadores with Argentine Oscar MĂĄs.
After his time in Ecuadorian football, he returned to his country and played in a second spell with Peñarol. Then, in the "1973-74 season," he joined Monterrey from the Uruguayan Liverpool, "transferred by," Peñarol for $32,000. Francisco excelled in an offensive team in Mexico. But they couldn't win a league title. He made his debut in July 1973. And in his first season, "he scored 18 goals." However, an injury in the 1975-76 season kept him out for a significant part of the tournament. In just over three years with Rayados, Bertocchi scored 37 goals in official matches and "bid farewell to the Monterrey fans with an emotional lap of honor in December 1976."
Bertocchi ended his career in Mexico, playing for Tampico Madero during the 1977-78 to 1980-81 seasons and scoring 26 goals.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Francisco Bertocchi: 'La obligaciĂłn de ganar genera presiĂłn'" [Francisco Bertocchi: 'The obligation creates pressure to win'] (in Spanish). La Hora. 10 October 2009.
- ^ (in Spanish) Planteles HistĂłricos Archived 2016-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Uruguay - Record International Players Archived June 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ OnceDiario. "El rey Vikingo". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "GalerĂa de los Inolvidables II: Francisco Bertocchi" [Gallery of the Glorious II: Francisco Bertocchi] (in Spanish). Zonarayada.com. 10 March 2009.
External linksâ»
- Profile (in Spanish)
- Francisco Bertocchi â Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
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