bartlomé played four years of college soccer at oregon state university between 2001 and 2004, before signing with portland timbers in 2005. after a short time with portland, bartlomé transferred to swiss club bsc old boys and spent the bulk of his career in switzerland, playing with sr delémont, fc wohlen, fc grenchen and fc baden, before heading back to the united states when he signed for usl pro club sacramento republic in march 2014.