Inocencio Bertolín Izquierdo (21 July 1911 – 13 August 1948), known as Bertolí, was a Spanish footballer who played as a

right winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. He began his career at UE Sants in Barcelona, but was signed without their consent by Levante FC and then taken by their city rivals

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

. He spent most of his career at Valencia (1933–1945), despite spending the

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(1936–39) at

Racing Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

while serving in the navy there. He played in the

1940 Copa del Generalísimo The 1940 Copa del Generalísimo was the 38th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The competition started on 12 May 1940 and concluded on 30 June 1940 with the final, held at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in Madr ...

Final in which Valencia defeated

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3–1, as well as the 1945 final which they lost 3–2 to

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

. He made his only international appearance for

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in a friendly in Barcelona on 23 February 1936, a 2–1 defeat to

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. Before his death in 1948, at the age of 36, he was due to become the new manager of

Almería CF Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city g ...

Honours

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

(2): 1941–42, 1943–44 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

(1):

1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...

**Runner-up (1):

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertolí 1911 births 1948 deaths People from Alto Palancia Footballers from the Province of Castellón Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers Valencia CF players Racing de Ferrol footballers La Liga players Men's association football wingers Catalonia men's international guest footballers UE Sants players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen