Dani Tortolero

Daniel 'Dani' Tortolero Núñez (born 6 September 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tortolero and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.

Dani Tortolero

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Tortolero Núñez
Date of birth	(1981-09-06) 6 September 1981
Place of birth	Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Cornellà
1992–1999	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Barcelona C	43	(1)
1999–2003	Barcelona B	82	(3)
2002	Barcelona	0	(0)
2003–2004	Elche	27	(2)
2004–2005	Gimnàstic	23	(1)
2005–2006	Hércules	6	(0)
2006–2007	Salamanca	38	(4)
2007–2009	Gimnàstic	59	(5)
2009–2012	Girona	69	(7)
2012–2013	Sabadell	17	(1)
2013–2014	Doxa	11	(0)
National team
1998	Spain U16	9	(0)
1998–1999	Spain U17	13	(1)
1999–2000	Spain U18	5	(2)
2001	Spain U20	1	(0)
2002–2003	Spain U21	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:01, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Tortolero was a FC Barcelona youth graduate. He only appeared however as a senior for the C and B-teams – with the exception of two UEFA Champions League group stage matches in the 2002–03 season, wins against Club Brugge KV (1–0, away) and Galatasaray SK (3–1, home)[1][2]– being released in 2003; from that year until 2013 he competed in Segunda División, playing 239 games and scoring 20 goals for Elche CF, Gimnàstic de Tarragona (two spells), Hércules CF, UD Salamanca, Girona FC and CE Sabadell FC.

In the summer of 2013, aged 32, Tortolero moved abroad for the first time, joining Doxa Katokopias FC in the Cypriot First Division. In July 2015, after one year of inactivity, he was supposed to sign for Romanian club FC Rapid București on a three-year contract,[3] but the deal eventually fell through.

Club statistics

As of 7 May 2014

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	1999–2000[4]	Segunda División B	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2000–01[4]	Segunda División B	12	0	—		—		12	0
	2001–02[4]	Segunda División B	35	1	—		6[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	1
	2002–03[4]	Segunda División B	23	1	—		4[lower-alpha 1]	1	27	2
	Total		72	2	—		10	1	82	3
Barcelona	2002–03[4]	La Liga	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
Elche	2003–04[4]	Segunda División	27	2	0	0	—		27	2
Gimnàstic	2004–05[4]	Segunda División	23	1	2	0	—		25	1
Hércules	2005–06[4]	Segunda División	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
Salamanca	2006–07[4]	Segunda División	38	4	1	0	—		39	4
Gimnàstic	2007–08[4]	Segunda División	27	3	1	0	—		28	3
	2008–09[4]	Segunda División	32	2	1	0	—		33	2
	Total		59	5	2	0	—		61	5
Girona	2009–10[4]	Segunda División	23	3	2	1	—		25	4
	2010–11[4]	Segunda División	18	1	0	0	—		18	1
	2011–12[4]	Segunda División	28	3	0	0	—		28	3
	Total		69	7	2	1	—		71	8
Sabadell	2012–13[4]	Segunda División	17	1	1	0	—		18	1
Doxa	2013–14[5]	Cypriot First Division	11	0	5	0	—		16	0
Rapid București	2015–16[5]	Liga II	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			322	22	13	1	12	1	347	24

1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Spain U17

• Meridian Cup: 1999

References

1. Piñol, Àngels (30 October 2002). "Riquelme decide en Brujas" [Riquelme the decider in Bruges]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
2. "Los suplentes del Barça golean al Galatasaray (3–1)" [Barça reserves rout Galatasaray (3–1)]. El País (in Spanish). 13 November 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
3. "Moraru a anunţat transferurile şi cu cine negociem" [Moraru announced with whom we negotiate transfers] (in Romanian). Rapid București. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
4. "Tortolero: Daniel Tortolero Núñez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
5. "Tortolero". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

External links

• Dani Tortolero at BDFutbol