José Ortiz Bernal (born 4 August 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played usually as an attacking midfielder.
After beginning playing with his hometown club UD Almería (then in the Segunda División B), he served an uneventful stint abroad with Italy's Ravenna Calcio.
[1] Upon his return to Almería, Ortiz helped the side achieve promotion to Segunda División in 2002, scoring five goals the following season, notably a brace against neighbours Xerez CD in a 6–0 home rout.
[1] Ortiz, who was the undisputed captain when in the starting XI,[4][5] finished as Almería's third-best scorer in 2006–07 as they reached La Liga for the first time in their history.
[8] On 3 January 2010, after just five minutes on the pitch, Ortiz scored his only goal of the season, a last-minute winner which was the only in the home fixture against neighbours Xerez[9] 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.