José Ortiz Bernal

José Ortiz Bernal (born 4 August 1977) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played usually as an attacking midfielder.

Most of his 16-year senior career was spent at Almería, where amassed La Liga totals of 82 games and one goal (adding 168 matches and 30 goals in the Segunda División). Over two spells, he totalled a club-best 338 competitive appearances.

Club career Ortíz was born in Almería, Andalusia. He began playing with his hometown club UD Almería (then in the Segunda División B), then served an uneventful stint abroad with Italy's Ravenna Calcio. He played with the team at every professional level, starting in the Tercera División. finished as Almería's third-best scorer in 2006–07 as they reached La Liga for the first time in their history. He scored ten goals, behind only Albert Crusat and Míchel, appearing in 24 games the following campaign mainly as a substitute.

On 3 January 2010, after just five minutes on the pitch, Ortiz scored his sole goal of the season, a last-minute winner which was the only in the home fixture against neighbours Xerez as both sides struggled immensely in the league; Almería had just recently fired manager Hugo Sánchez, but the player's role remained obscure under new boss Juan Manuel Lillo. He totalled 17 appearances, all from the bench, in only 226 minutes.

Personal life From 2007 to 2009, Ortiz was one of three Almería players with that surname, Mané and Juan Manuel Ortiz being the others.