Milan Bortel (born 7 April 1987) is a Slovak

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who plays as a centre back for Austrian club SV Gols.

Club career

Bortel started his professional career as a central defender for the youth team of Dubnica in 1998, and remained at the club until 2005, when he transferred to Italian

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club, Manduria Calcio. In his first season, he managed 28 appearances. Following several impressive displays, he joined

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side

Manfredonia Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of i ...

in 2006. Bortel became a key figure to their defence line. In January 2009, FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber rejected Bortel's youth club's Dubnica claim for training compensation from Manfredonia, following several disagreements regarding the transfer. On 25 June 2009, he was officially signed by

Calcio Catania Catania S.S.D., commonly known as Catania, is an Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in . Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the ...

on a four-year contract. Shortly, he was sent back to the

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with SPAL in co-ownership deal. In his first season with the club, Bortel made 21 league appearances, and in the summer of 2010, SPAL signed the Slovakian defender permanently from Catania. He remained at SPAL for the 2010–11 Lega Pro season, before transferring to

Sereď Sereď (; hu, Szered ) is a town in southern Slovakia near Trnava, on the right bank of the Váh River on the Danubian Lowland. It has approximately 15,500 inhabitants. Geography Sereď lies at an altitude of above mean sea level, above sea l ...

in his native country in March 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Bortel was transferred to

Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce (; 1776 Morawce, hu, Aranyosmarót, german: Goldmorawitz) is a town in south-western Slovakia. Basic data It is the capital and the biggest town of Zlaté Moravce District. It is approximately 120 km from the Slovak capital B ...

. In January 2013, he moved to Slavia Prague. He was transferred to Spartak Trnava in June 2014. He made his league debut for them against his former side,

, on 13 July 2014.Trnava si poradila s Moravcami rozdielom triedy, Mráz: Trnava vyhrala zaslúžene
13.07.2014, profutbal.sk

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