{{short description|Venezuelan footballer (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Edson Tortolero | image = | fullname = Edson Argenis Tortolero Román | height = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|27|df=y}} | birth_place =Venezuela | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1989–1995 | years2 = 1998–1999 | years3 = 2000–2001 | years4 = 2001–2002 | years5 = 2002–2003 | years6 = 2004–2005 | years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Minervén | clubs2 = Estudiantes Mérida | clubs3 = Deportivo Táchira | clubs4 = Querétaro | clubs5 = Carabobo | clubs6 = Trujillanos | clubs7 = Carabobo | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = | caps7 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1993–2006 | nationalteam1 = Venezuela | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | pcupdate = May 2009 | manageryears1 = 2013–2016 | managerclubs1 = C.D.Centenario }} '''Edson Argenis Tortolero Román''' (born 27 August 1971) is a former Venezuelan football midfielder who made a total number of 39 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1993 and 2006.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html rsssf Venezuela record international footballers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330030627/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html |date=March 30, 2009 }} at rsssf</ref>
==Club career== He started his professional career at Asociación Civil Minervén Fútbol Club.
==Personal life== Tortolero is the son of Argenis Tortolero, brother-in-law of Juan Arango, and uncle of Juan Arango Jr., all of whom were professional footballers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://correo.eluniversal.com/eluniversal/fvino_primerGol.shtml|title=El primer gol|publisher=El Universal|date=3 September 2008|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110053730/http://correo.eluniversal.com/eluniversal/fvino_primerGol.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=lr>{{cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/deportes/2023/04/01/juan-arango-jr-la-continuidad-del-legado-vinotinto-hijo-de-juan-arango-vino-tinto-sub-17-sudamericana-sub-17-venezuela-lrtmc-56368|title=Juan Arango Jr.: ¿seguirá los pasos de su padre?|trans-title=Juan Arango Jr.: will he follow in his father's footsteps?|date=18 April 2023|access-date=17 November 2023|website=larepublica.pe|language=es}}</ref>
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