Tito (footballer, born May 1985)

Tito
Personal information
Full name Alberto Ortiz Moreno[1]
Date of birth (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Santa Coloma, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Gramenet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Gramenet B
2005–2007 Gramenet 70 (2)
2007–2010 Espanyol B 63 (1)
2008–2009 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2011 Benidorm 30 (2)
2011–2016 Llagostera 159 (3)
2016–2017 UCAM Murcia 30 (4)
2017–2018 Reus 29 (0)
2019 Sandefjord 26 (2)
Total 409 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Ortiz Moreno (born 24 May 1985), known as Tito, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Tito's professional input in his country consisted of 120 Segunda División matches and five goals over four seasons in service of UE Llagostera,[2] UCAM Murcia CF[3] and CF Reus Deportiu.[4] His first appearance in that tier took place on 23 August 2014 in a 2–0 away loss against UD Las Palmas as a Llagostera player,[5] and he scored his first goal the following 2 May for the same club to close the 2–2 draw at Real Betis.[6]

Abroad, Tito competed in the Polish Ekstraklasa with Legia Warsaw[7] and the Norwegian First Division with Sandefjord Fotball.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tito". Diario AS. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Jordi Masó y Tito renuevan con el Llagostera" [Jordi Masó and Tito renew with Llagostera]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ "El UCAM Murcia incorpora a Tito, del Llagostera" [UCAM Murcia add Tito, from Llagostera]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. ^ Gallofré, Josep (15 July 2017). "El Reus incorpora al centrocampista Tito (UCAM)" [Reus add midfielder Tito (UCAM)]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "El Las Palmas derrota el Llagostera en el primer partit a Segona dels gironins (2–0)" [Las Palmas beat Llagostera in first match for boys from Girona in Segunda (2–0)]. Ara (in Catalan). 23 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ Espina, José A. (2 May 2015). "Un golazo de Tito pone suspense al ascenso bético" [Tito wonder goal gives suspense to Betis promotion]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Tito piłkarzem Legii" [Tito a Legia player] (in Polish). Legionisci. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Signerte ny spansk midtbanespiller" [New Spanish midfielder signed] (in Norwegian). Sandefjord Fotball. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.