Spanish footballer (born 1991)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Bartra and the second or maternal family name is
Aregall .
Marc Bartra Aregall (Catalan: [ˈmaɾɡ ˈbaɾtɾə əɾəˈɣaʎ] , Spanish: [ˈmaɾɣ ˈβaɾtɾa aɾeˈɣal] ; born 15 January 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Betis .
He started his career at Barcelona , where he played 103 professional games and scored six goals across seven seasons, winning 13 honours including five La Liga titles and two UEFA Champions League trophies (including a continental treble in 2015). In 2016, he joined Borussia Dortmund for €8 million, lifting the DFB-Pokal in his first season. He returned to Spain in 2018, playing 146 total games for Betis and winning the Copa del Rey in 2022 .
Bartra won the 2013 European Championship with Spain's under-21 team . He made his senior debut in 2013, and was selected in the squad for Euro 2016 .
Club career
Bartra training with Barcelona in 2014
Barcelona
Born in Sant Jaume dels Domenys , Tarragona , Catalonia , Bartra joined Espanyol as a child before moving to Barcelona 's youth system, La Masia , at age 11. After progressing through its ranks, he was promoted to the B side in 2009.[ 2]
Bartra made his first-team debut on 14 February 2010, coming on as a substitute for Jeffrén Suárez for the final 30 minutes of a 2–1 loss to Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium .[ 3] He started his first La Liga game one year and three months later, playing the entire 0–0 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña ,[ 4] and scored his first goal on 21 May 2011 to help them come from behind to win 3–1 at Málaga in the season 's last round.[ 5]
In the 2012–13 campaign , Bartra joined the first team squad permanently, but manager Tito Vilanova tended to field Javier Mascherano , Alex Song and Adriano ahead of him,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] and only appeared in 16 matches in all competitions. He signed a new three-year contract in March 2014.[ 9]
On 16 April 2014, in the final of the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid , with five minutes remaining, Gareth Bale outsprinted Bartra from the halfway line – with the former running off the field at one point – before scoring the 2–1 winner. He himself had levelled the score midway into the second half, from a Xavi corner kick .[ 10] He remained a third or fourth choice under new manager Luis Enrique ,[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] making 25 appearances and scoring once as the team won the treble in 2014–15 .[ 14]
Borussia Dortmund
On 3 June 2016, Bartra was sold to German club Borussia Dortmund for an estimated fee of €8 million, signing a four-year deal.[ 15] [ 16] He made his competitive debut on 14 August, playing the entire 2–0 loss against Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup ,[ 17] and a month later scored his first goal in a 6–0 victory at Legia Warsaw in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League .[ 18]
On 11 April 2017, when Dortmund was heading to Westfalenstadion for their Champions League quarter-final tie against Monaco , the team bus was hit by three explosions .[ 19] [ 20] Bartra, who broke the radial bone in his arm and had debris lodged in his hand in the bombing, underwent an operation the following day,[ 21] [ 22] when the Germans played the rescheduled game and lost 3–2;[ 23] he later described the event as the "longest and hardest 15 minutes of my life",[ 24] and returned to training 29 days after his surgery.[ 25]
Bartra's first match after returning took place on 20 May 2017, and he played the entire 4–3 home win over Werder Bremen [ 26] – he had also been an unused substitute in the previous fixture against FC Augsburg .[ 27] One week later, he helped to the conquest of the DFB-Pokal after starting in the 2–1 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt in Berlin .[ 28]
Betis
On 30 January 2018, Bartra completed his transfer to Real Betis on a five-and-a-half-year contract.[ 29] He scored his first goal for his new team on 12 May, putting the hosts ahead in an eventual 2–2 derby home draw against Sevilla .[ 30]
From December 2020 to the following March, Bartra was sidelined with tendonitis in his Achilles and a gallbladder issue, leading to significant weight loss.[ 31] He played the full 120 minutes of the 2022 Copa del Rey final on 23 April, a penalty shootout win over Valencia .[ 32]
Trabzonspor
On 14 August 2022, Bartra signed for Trabzonspor in the Turkish Süper Lig for €1.25 million.[ 33] [ 34] He made his debut two days later in the Champions League play-off first leg away to Copenhagen , as a substitute in a 2–1 loss;[ 35] his first goal on 18 September came in added time to win 3–2 at home to Gaziantep .[ 36] On 28 December, he equalised away to Fatih Karagümrük but was sent off with a straight red card before half time in a 4–1 defeat.[ 37]
Bartra left the Şenol Güneş Sports Complex on 11 July 2023, by mutual agreement.[ 38]
Return to Betis
On 24 July 2023, Bartra rejoined Betis on a one-year contract.[ 39] In October, he was diagnosed with Haglund's syndrome in the Achilles tendon of his right leg and missed several months.[ 40]
International career
Bartra playing for Catalonia
Bartra won 37 caps for Spain across all youth levels , including 16 for the under-21s . He made his debut for the full side on 16 November 2013, playing the entire 2–1 friendly win in Equatorial Guinea .[ 41] This game was later annulled by FIFA as they had not been notified early enough that the referee would be from Equatorial Guinea,[ 42] and his first valid appearance took place on 8 September 2014 as he came on as a 68th-minute substitute for Sergio Ramos in a 5–1 home victory against Macedonia for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers .[ 43]
On 17 May 2016, Bartra was named in Vicente del Bosque 's provisional squad of 25 for the finals in France,[ 44] and he also made it to the final list of 23.[ 45] As the tournament ended at the round of 16, he was an unused member.
Bartra scored the only goal for his country on 11 October 2018, contributing to a 4–1 friendly defeat of Wales at the Millennium Stadium .[ 46]
Style of play
Bartra is known for his pace and passing. He is mentally strong, is skilled in the air and is able to play as a right-back , where he can cut in and assist .[ 47]
Personal life
Bartra's fraternal twin brother, Èric, also came through La Masia .[ 48] He started a relationship with Grand Prix motorcycle racing journalist Melissa Jiménez in February 2014, and welcomed daughter Gala on 18 August of the following year.[ 49]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 25 August 2024 [ 50]
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[ 51]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Spain
2013
1
0
2014
3
0
2015
3
0
2016
5
0
2017
1
0
2018
1
1
Total
14
1
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bartra goal. [ 51]
Honours
Barcelona [ 50]
Borussia Dortmund
Betis
Spain U19
Spain U21
Individual
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013 [ 54]
UEFA La Liga Team of The Season: 2017–18[ 55]
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