Raoul Bortoletto Explained

Raoul Bortoletto
Birth Date:9 May 1925
Birth Place:Treviso, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Treviso, Italy
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1941–1946
Years2:1946–1948
Years3:1948–1950
Years4:1950–1951
Years5:1951–1956
Years6:1956–1957
Years7:1957–1960
Clubs7:Vittorio Veneto
Caps2:25
Caps3:77
Caps4:34
Caps5:129
Caps6:16
Goals2:1
Goals3:6
Goals4:0
Goals5:10
Goals6:1
Nationalyears1:1953
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Raoul Bortoletto (pronounced as /it/; 9 May 1925 – 4 January 2003) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Bortoletto played for 7 seasons (162 games, 10 goals) in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905 and A.S. Roma.

International career

Bortoletto played his only Italy national football team game on 17 May 1953 against Hungary.

Personal life

His older brother Piero Bortoletto also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Piero was referred to as Bortoletto I and Raoul as Bortoletto II.