Xavier "Xavi" Bartolo Moliné (born 7 October 1968) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is the

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of CE Atlètic Lleida.

Playing career

Born in Bellver de Cerdanya,

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, Bartolo spent several campaigns with the reserves before making his first-team debut during the 1989–90 season, achieving promotion from

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. After a one-year loan to

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side UD Fraga, he returned to Lleida in July 1991 and was definitely promoted to the main squad. Bartolo made his professional debut on 1 September 1991, starting in a 0–3

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away loss against

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. Fourteen days later he scored his first goals in the category, netting a brace in a 3–1 win at

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. Bartolo achieved promotion to

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in the 1992–93 campaign, scoring a career-best eight goals in 29 appearances. He made his first appearance in the main category on 5 September 1993, starting in a 0–1 away defeat to CD Tenerife. Bartolo left Lleida in 1995, and signed for

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in the third division. The following January, he joined second level side

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, but featured rarely. In 1996 Bartolo agreed to a contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and retired with the club in 1998 at the age of just 30.

Coaching career

In June 2009, Bartolo was named assistant of Javi López at Recreativo de Huelva, after previously working for Lleida,

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, Gimnàstic and CD Castellón as a fitness coach. He was also

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's assistant at ''Nàstic'' before moving to FC Cartagena and reuniting with López. Bartolo subsequently worked as a fitness coach for Real Murcia before being appointed manager of EF Valls' youth setup on 4 March 2014. In July, he joined

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

as a fitness coach, and became the assistant manager of Aritz López Garai in 2017. In May 2018, Bartolo replaced López Garai at the helm of Reus as the latter had a

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surgery. of On 23 June, he was definitely appointed manager. Halfway through the 2018–19 season, Bartolo, along with the rest of the Reus players and staff, left the club after it was expelled by the LFP. On 16 May 2019, Bartolo returned to Gimnàstic after being named manager for the 2019–20 campaign. He was dismissed on 17 November, with the club having spent three weeks in the relegation zone.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartolo, Xavi 1968 births Living people People from Cerdanya (comarca) Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UE Lleida players Levante UD footballers CD Leganés players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Spanish football managers CF Reus Deportiu managers Gimnàstic de Tarragona managers Footballers from the Province of Lleida