Facundo Bertoglio

Facundo Bertoglio
Personal information
Full name Facundo Daniel Bertoglio
Date of birth (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990
Place of birth San José de la Esquina, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2009 Colón de Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Colón de Santa Fe[1] 42 (4)
2010–2016 Dynamo Kyiv 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Grêmio (loan) 16 (5)
2013–2014 → Evian (loan) 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Tigre (loan) 23 (3)
2015–2016 → Asteras Tripoli (loan) 20 (3)
2016– APOEL 10 (2)
National team
2010– Argentina[2] 1 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2016.


Facundo Daniel Bertoglio (born 30 June 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an Attacking Midfielder for Cypriot First Division club APOEL FC.

Career

Bertoglio made his professional debut for Colón de Santa Fe on 2 May 2009 in a 2–0 away defeat to Argentinos Juniors. He scored his first goal for the club on 8 October 2009 after coming on as a 2nd half substitute in a 4–1 win against Arsenal de Sarandí.[3]

Bertoglio had an excellent match versus Boca Juniors in the Clausura 2010, scoring two goals. On 19 May 2010 the 19-year-old midfielder left Colón de Santa Fe to sign a five-year deal with Dynamo Kyiv, the Argentinian club has earned 4 million euros.[4] This price is the highest ever received by Colón for a transfer.[5]

Dynamo Kyiv's, Argentine midfielder Facundo Bertoglio has arrived in Porto Alegre to seal terms on a loan move. The deal will see the international midfielder, arrive on a twelve-month deal which will feature a fixed-price option to buy. The midfielder will be expected to take up the attacking midfield position previously occupied by Douglas dos Santos, before his move to Corinthians in the past couple of weeks.[6] On July 2013, he signed a one-year contract with French side Evian on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.[7]

After a year in Ligue 1, Bertoglio returns to Ukraine, being one among many who wanted to emigrate from Ukraine due to political problems, finally play for Tigre, on loan until June 2015. The social political conflict in Ukraine caused most Argentine players who played in the League to go to another club and even decided not to training. He made his debut with Fabián Alegre's team in a win 4-0 match against Racing Club, as a substitute for Kevin Itabel.[8] At the end of the loan he returned to Dynamo Kyiv.

Rumours said that Bertoglio has agreed on a contract with the Greek Super League side Asteras Tripoli.[9] Eventually on 21 July 2015 he signed a one-year contract with Asteras Tripoli on loan from Dynamo Kyiv for an undisclosed fee.[10] On 22 August 2015, he made his debut with the club in a Super League game against Panthrakikos scoring the second goal in a 3-0 away win.

On 23 August 2016, Bertoglio joined reigning Cypriot Cypriot champions APOEL FC on a two-year deal, with an option for a third year.[11] He made his official debut on 28 August 2016, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute and managing to win a penalty and serve an assist in APOEL's 3–0 home victory against Ermis Aradippou for the Cypriot First Division.[12] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 15 October 2016, netting the opening goal in his team's 4–1 away victory against AEZ Zakakiou for the Cypriot First Division.[13]

International career

Bertoglio was called for the Albiceleste to play against Haiti on 5 May 2010 and scored two goals in his international debut.[14]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1May 5, 2010El Coloso del Ruca Quimey, Cutral Có, Argentina Haiti1–04–0Friendly
2May 5, 2010El Coloso del Ruca Quimey, Cutral Có, Argentina Haiti3–04–0Friendly

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