Jorge Bartual

Jorge Bartual
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Bartual Medina
Date of birth	(1971-08-18) 18 August 1971
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1995	Valencia B
1995–2000	Valencia	9	(0)
2001	Tenerife	0	(0)
2001–2002	Quintanar Rey
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bartual and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

Jorge Bartual Medina (born 18 August 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Valencia, Bartual spent most of his career with local Valencia CF, playing his first five years as a senior with the B team, the last three in Segunda División B. He was definitely promoted to the main squad for the 1995–96 season, making his La Liga debut on 24 January 1996 in a 5–2 away win against Real Valladolid, after legendary Andoni Zubizarreta injured himself in the warmup.^[1]^[2]

During his spell with the Che, however, Bartual never managed to be more than second or third-choice, successively being understudy to Zubizarreta, Santiago Cañizares and Andrés Palop and conceding 14 goals in his league appearances. He was on the substitutes bench for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League final, against Real Madrid.^[3]

In the 2001 winter transfer window Bartual left Valencia and joined CD Tenerife in Segunda División, where he failed to appear. He retired in June of the following year at not yet 31 after one season with amateurs CD Quintanar del Rey in Tercera División,^[2] and later rejoined his main club as goalkeeper coach for the youth teams.^[4]