Name | Leo Bertos |
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Fullname | Leonida Christos Bertos |
Birth date | December 20, 1981 |
Birth place | Wellington, New Zealand |
Height | |
Youthyears1 | | youthclubs1 = Wellington Olympic |
Youthyears2 | 2000| youthclubs2 = Barnsley |
Currentclub | Wellington Phoenix |
Clubnumber | 7 |
Position | Winger, Attacking midfielder |
Years1 | 1997–2000 |clubs1 = Wellington Olympic |caps1 = 48 |goals1 = 7 |
Years2 | 2000–2003 |clubs2 = Barnsley |caps2 = 12 |goals2 = 1 |
Years3 | 2003–2005 |clubs3 = Rochdale |caps3 = 82 |goals3 = 13 |
Years4 | 2005 |clubs4 = Chester City |caps4 = 5 |goals4 = 0 |
Years5 | 2005 |clubs5 = Barrow |caps5 = 1 |goals5 = 0 |
Years6 | 2005–2006 |clubs6 = York City |caps6 = 4 |goals6 = 0 |
Years7 | 2006 |clubs7 = Scarborough |caps7 = 1 |goals7 = 0 |
Years8 | 2006 |clubs8 = Worksop Town |caps8 = 7 |goals8 = 2 |
Years9 | 2006–2008 |clubs9 = Perth Glory |caps9 = 35 |goals9 = 1 |
Years10 | 2008– |clubs10 = Wellington Phoenix |caps10 = 68 |goals10 = 8 |
Nationalyears1 | 2003–2004 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U-23 |
Nationalyears2 | 2003– | nationalcaps2 = 39 | nationalgoals2 = 0| nationalteam2 = New Zealand |
Pcupdate | 21 February 2011 |
Ntupdate | 21:00, 12 October 2010 (NZST) |
Bertos played for Wellington Olympic in the New Zealand domestic league between 1997 and 2000.
Bertos explored new opportunities during the A-League off-season. Glory manager Ron Smith allowed him to trial with Greek club Skoda Xanthi, however the trial was unsuccessful and Bertos returned to Perth in time for the start of the 2007-08 season.
During the 2007-08 season Bertos made fourteen appearances for the club and scored one goal and two assists.
The 2009-10 season was incredibly successful for Bertos and the Phoenix. Bertos played a central role during the regular season to ensure a first finals appearance for the club. He played every game of the season, starting 23 of the 28 matches, scoring 2 goals and providing 8 assists. He holds the all-time leading assists record for the club with 12. On 1 October 2009 he signed a three-year contract extension.
Bertos is known for his dribbling and quality skills on the ball. This was shown in the New Zealand vs Brazil game in which he dribbled around two defenders to win a corner. He also played loads if one-twos and did a dragback once in the second half. In the first game of the New Zealand vs Malaysia series (which New Zealand won 1-0), Bertos received the Man of the Match award for his magnificent dribbling performance and domination of the Malaysian defence.
He represented New Zealand at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. He provided the assist for New Zealand's first two goals against World Champions Italy in a 3-4 friendly loss in Pretoria prior to the Confederations Cup.
Bertos was on hand to see the World Cup trophy unveiled on New Zealand soil for the first time, when it made an eight hour stop-over in Auckland on 27 April 2010 on its world wide tour before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
On 10 May 2010 Bertos was named as one of eight midfielders in the final 23-man squad to travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June. The squad played several official warm-up internationals against Australia, Serbia, Slovenia and Chile before the World Cup.
Bertos played in all three games at the World Cup, putting in gritty performances to earn New Zealand a 1-1 draw with Slovakia, a 1-1 draw with reigning world champions Italy, and their final 0-0 draw with Paraguay.
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