Nicolás Bertocchi

Miguel Nicolás Bertocchi (born 9 June 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uruguayan club Cerro Largo.^[3]

Nicolás Bertocchi

Bertocchi with Deportes Temuco in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Nicolás Bertocchi
Date of birth	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Granadero Baigorria, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team	Cerro Largo
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2017	San Lorenzo	3	(0)
2011	→ Aldosivi (loan)	6	(0)
2013–2014	→ Unión Santa Fe (loan)	31	(5)
2014–2015	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)	26	(2)
2016–2017	→ Patronato (loan)	38	(5)
2017–2018	Tigre	2	(0)
2018–2019	Deportes Temuco	9	(0)
2019–2020	San Martín SJ	10	(0)
2020–2021	Central Norte	0	(0)
2021	Gimnasia Jujuy	12	(0)
2022	Villa Dálmine	30	(1)
2023–2024	Fénix	31	(0)
2024–	Cerro Largo	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2024

Career

Bertocchi began with San Lorenzo.^[1][4] He was promoted into their senior squad during the 2009–10 Argentine Primera División season, making the first of three appearances on 28 March 2010 versus Arsenal de Sarandí - his career debut.^[1] Two seasons later, Bertocchi was loaned to Primera B Nacional's Aldosivi.^[1][5] Seven appearances followed with the club.^[1] He returned to San Lorenzo for 2012–13 and appeared on the bench four times, but failed to feature.^[1] He subsequently joined Unión Santa Fe of the Argentine Primera División on loan in August 2013.^[1] He netted two goals in his eighth game, against Defensa y Justicia.^[1]

Overall, Bertocchi scored five times in thirty-one fixtures for Unión Santa Fe.^[1] Defensa y Justicia became Bertocchi's fourth club on 30 June 2014.^[1][6] He remained for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, scoring twice versus Atlético de Rafaela and Gimnasia y Esgrima respectively.^[1] In the following two campaigns, Bertocchi played for fellow Primera División team Patronato.^[1][7] On 30 August 2017, Bertocchi joined Argentine Primera División side Tigre.^[1][8] He had to wait until January 2018 for his debut, during a home loss to Banfield at the Estadio José Dellagiovanna.^[1] Bertocchi officially departed Tigre in the succeeding months.^[9]

In February 2018, Bertocchi made a move to Sweden to join Dalkurd FF of the Allsvenskan.^[9] However, the club claimed to have pulled out of the signing but Bertocchi declared all parties signed a contract.^[9] He subsequently took the club to court in the following April, with a final decision not being made until September 2019.^[9][10] Two months later, in June 2018, Bertocchi agreed to join Chilean Primera División team Deportes Temuco.^[1] After ten total matches for Temuco, Bertocchi made a return to Argentina with San Martín on 4 June 2019.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 13 August 2019.^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Lorenzo	2009–10	Argentine Primera División	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	0
	2010–11		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	0
Aldosivi (loan)	2011–12	Primera B Nacional	6	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
Unión Santa Fe (loan)	2013–14		31	5	0	0	—		—		0	0	31	5
Defensa y Justicia (loan)	2014	Argentine Primera División	14	1	3	0	—		—		0	0	17	1
	2015		12	1	1	1	—		—		0	0	13	2
	Total		26	2	4	1	—		—		0	0	30	3
Patronato (loan)	2016	Argentine Primera División	13	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	13	1
	2016–17		25	4	2	0	—		—		0	0	27	4
	Total		38	5	2	0	—		—		0	0	40	5
Tigre	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	2	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	2	0
Deportes Temuco	2018	Chilean Primera División	9	0	0	0	—		1[a]	0	0	0	10	0
San Martín	2019–20	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career total			115	12	7	1	—		1	0	0	0	123	13

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana