[1] As a volleyball player, he gained the nickname of "Mano di pietra" ("Stone hand") for his attack skills.

[2] In 1980, Bertoli was part of the Italian team that finished ninth in the Olympic tournament.

In his club career, Bertoli was a mainstay of Klippan Torino (1977-1983) first and then of Panini Modena (1984-1990), two of the most successful Italian teams in the 1980s.

Subsequently, he worked as a coach for the Modena's volleyball team (He won Italian and European Championship in 1998) them in Rome and Genova.

Bertoli was a TV commentator for Sky Sports Italia for about eleven years, until the London Olympic Games in 2012.