Ryan Dominic Bertrand ( bear 5 August 1989 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a left-back for Premier League golf club Leicester City. Bertrand began his youth career at Gillingham, before signing for Chelsea in July 2005. He graduated from Chelsea ‘s youth system and was sent on loan to versatile clubs between 2006 and 2010. He made his full debut for Chelsea on in April 2011, six years after joining them, in a fastness against Birmingham City. In the 2011–12 season, Bertrand signed a newfangled four-year contract with Chelsea and was made understudy to Ashley Cole. In May 2012, Bertrand became the first actor to make his Champions League introduction in the final, starting in an unfamiliar left wing role in front of Cole ; Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties.
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Bertrand is an England international, having besides represented ‘ the Young Lions ‘ at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20, under-21 levels, a well as Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his debut for the England elder team in August 2012 in a friendly against Italy, in a 2–1 succeed .
early life [edit ]
Bertrand was born in Southwark, London. [ 4 ] He joined Gillingham aged nine, progressing through their young person system. [ 5 ] Bertrand attended the Robert Napier School in Gillingham, Kent. [ 6 ]
Club career [edit ]
Chelsea [edit ]
Bertrand was signed by Chelsea in July 2005 from Gillingham for an initial £125,000, which was set by a court and was subject to increases depending on progress. [ 7 ]
loan spells [edit ]
During the 2006–07 season, he was doubly sent on loanword to AFC Bournemouth, at the same fourth dimension as Chelsea teammate Jack Cork. [ 8 ] He suffered a tear irascibility in a youth team pit against Arsenal that ruled him out of the by and by share of that season. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In August 2007, Bertrand joined Oldham Athletic on lend until January 2008. [ 12 ] On 4 January 2008, a count of days after his while at Oldham came to an end, Bertrand joined Norwich City on loanword for the rest of the 2007–08 season. [ 13 ] He put in a count of impressive displays playing at both left-back and on the left wing, and admitted he would welcome a longer stay with the club. [ citation needed ] Bertrand became popular with the Carrow Road crowd earning him the nickname ‘Plastic ‘ in reference to the belgian singer Plastic Bertrand. [ 14 ] On 4 July 2008, he rejoined the club on loanword until January 2009, with an option to extend to the end of the season. [ 15 ] On 17 July 2009, Bertrand joined Reading on a season-long lend. [ 16 ] He scored his foremost professional goal against Derby County on 10 March 2010. [ citation needed ] He came third gear in the vote for Reading ‘s player of the season, behind Gylfi Sigurðsson and Jimmy Kébé. [ 17 ] On 5 August 2010, Bertrand signed on loanword with Championship cabaret Nottingham Forest in an initial six-month cope. [ 18 ] He made his debut for Forest as a substitute in a 1–0 away get the better of against Burnley. [ citation needed ] He was a regular for Forest for whom he made a total of 19 appearances. [ citation needed ] Forest were interested in either extending Bertrand ‘s loanword spell for the stay of the season or to sign him permanently [ 19 ] but when his loanword period expired on 3 January 2011 he returned to his rear club Chelsea. [ citation needed ]
tax return to Chelsea [edit ]
2010–11 temper [edit ]
Bertrand playing for Chelsea in 2012 Bertrand made his Premier League debut on 20 April 2011, when he came on as substitute to replace Ashley Cole in a 3–1 succeed against Birmingham City. [ 20 ] Bertrand besides made a goal, providing a cross which Florent Malouda headed past Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster. [ 21 ] On 15 July 2011, Bertrand signed a newly four-year contract with Chelsea. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He was used as a back-up to Cole by Chelsea director Carlo Ancelotti, as he remained with Chelsea and left-back Patrick van Aanholt went out on loanword. [ citation needed ] Six years after signing for Chelsea as a schoolboy, Bertrand made his first base starting appearance, against Fulham in the League Cup. The catch finished in favor of Chelsea, who won on penalties 4–3, as the match ended scoreless. [ 24 ]
2011–12 temper [edit ]
During the 2011–12 season, Bertrand played 90 minutes in Chelsea ‘s 2–0 kill against Liverpool in the League Cup. [ 25 ] He made his first league appearance of the season coming on as a late stand-in for Ashley Cole against Everton, the pit ended in a 2–0 defeat for Chelsea. [ 26 ] Bertrand was handed his first Premier League originate against Wigan Athletic on 7 April, in which he produced an outstanding performance, as Chelsea won 2–1 and he was named sports fan ‘s world of the match. [ citation needed ] He was again named man of the match in his third base start, a 0–0 puff with Arsenal on 21 April. [ 27 ] On 5 May, Bertrand won the FA Cup with Chelsea, but he did not appear on the pitch in the gain against Liverpool. [ 28 ] Bertrand made his european debut in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich on 19 May 2012, playing on the leave of midfield, [ 29 ] becoming the first player in the Champions League era to make his debut in the final. [ 5 ] He was substituted with a knock after 70 minutes and replaced by Florent Malouda as Chelsea edged out Bayern 4–3 on penalties. [ 30 ]
2012–13 season [edit ]
Bertrand scored his first professional goal for Chelsea in the Community Shield equal against Manchester City on 12 August 2012, which they went on to lose 3–2. [ 31 ] He started in the beginning league match of the season against Wigan Athletic play as a winger. [ citation needed ] On 5 September 2012, Bertrand signed a new improved five-year condense with Chelsea. [ 32 ] On 25 September, he scored his moment master goal in a League Cup catch against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge, which Chelsea won 6–0. [ 33 ] On 1 April 2013, he came on as a refilling for Ashley Cole in the FA Cup quarter-final play back against Manchester United, which Chelsea went on to win 1–0. [ citation needed ] It was revealed after the match that Cole would be sidelined for at least two weeks, leaving Bertrand as the clubs only recognised left-back. [ citation needed ] He started the next match, the Europa League quarter-final first peg against Rubin Kazan at Stamford Bridge, putting in a potent performance as Chelsea ran out 3–1 winners. [ 34 ] On 7 April, Bertrand made his fiftieth Chelsea appearance in a 2–1 gain against Sunderland. [ 35 ] He started at left-back in the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on 14 April, which ended in a 2–1 defeat for Chelsea. [ citation needed ] In the continue absence of Ashley Cole, Bertrand started and performed well in the next league meet in the West London bowler hat against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 17 April, which Chelsea comfortably won 3–0 thanks to a 30-yard strike from David Luiz and a brace from John Terry. [ citation needed ]
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Aston Villa ( lend ) [edit ]
On 17 January 2014, Bertrand joined Aston Villa on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 temper. [ 36 ] He made his debut the next day in a 2–2 draw with Liverpool. [ 37 ]
Southampton [edit ]
On 30 July 2014, Bertrand joined Southampton on loanword for the 2014–15 season. [ 38 ] He made his competitive debut for the club on 17 August in their first pit of the league season, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 kill aside to Liverpool. [ 39 ] Bertrand scored for Southampton the first meter on 27 September, opening a 2–1 home win against Queens Park Rangers. [ 40 ] His second goal for the golf club came on 26 December, in a 3–1 victory over Crystal Palace. [ 41 ] On 1 February 2015, he was given a straightaway bolshevik card at the end of a 0–1 home loss against Swansea City for a afoul on Modou Barrow. [ 42 ] On 2 February 2015, Bertrand completed a permanent move to Southampton, signing a 4+1⁄2-year deal for an undisclosed tip, [ 43 ] reported to be £10 million. [ 44 ] On 26 April, he was the merely Southampton actor named in the PFA Team of the Year. [ 45 ] Bertrand scored his only finish of the 2015–16 season in the concluding match, a penalty in a 4–1 succeed over Crystal Palace. [ 46 ] On 12 July 2016, Bertrand signed a fresh five-year contract. [ 47 ] On 12 May 2021, Southampton announced that Bertrand would leave the golf club when his contract expired in the summer. [ 48 ]
Leicester City [edit ]
On 15 July 2021, Bertrand joined Premier League club Leicester City on a exempt transfer, signing a biennial contract. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Bertrand made his debut for the club in Leicester ‘s 1–0 triumph over reigning Premier League champions Manchester City in the Community Shield on 7 August 2021. [ 51 ]
International career [edit ]
England youth [edit ]
Bertrand has represented England youth teams at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. [ citation needed ] He was character of the U19 police squad at the 2008 european Championship. [ citation needed ] He was promoted to the U21s and called up for respective 2009 european Championship qualifiers, but missed out of the police squad for the final tournament. [ citation needed ] On 14 November, Stuart Pearce selected him at left-back for an under-21 equal against Portugal at Wembley in Group 9 of the qualification action, [ 52 ] and helped the team keep first clean plane since 29 June 2009. [ citation needed ] He was named in the England under-21 police squad for the 2011 european Championship [ 53 ] and played all matches. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ]
Great Britain Olympic [edit ]
On 2 July 2012, Bertrand was named in Stuart Pearce ‘s 18-man police squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [ 57 ] He played his beginning match for Great Britain on 20 July 2012 in a friendly match against Brazil. [ 58 ] He played three matches during the Olympic tournament. [ 59 ]
Senior team [edit ]
On 10 August 2012, Bertrand was called up to the senior England team for the foremost time, for a friendly peer against Italy. [ 60 ] He made his international debut coming on for Leighton Baines in the 78th minute and cleared a dart off the pipeline minutes later from Manolo Gabbiadini which finally led to England ‘s winning goal as England won the pit 2–1. [ 61 ] On 11 September 2012, Bertrand came on after 73 minutes in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification catch against Ukraine and crossed the ball that led to the penalty that Frank Lampard converted. [ 62 ] On 8 October 2012, Bertrand was called up to the England squad for two more qualify matches, against San Marino and Poland. [ 63 ] however he missed both matches because of a virus. [ 64 ] Bertrand came on as a substitute for England aside to Italy on 3 March 2015 and he won his fourth wide cap, starting for England against Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 7 June 2015. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Bertrand was character of the police squad for UEFA Euro 2016. [ 67 ] On 1 September 2017, Bertrand scored his first goal for England in a 4–0 World Cup qualifier win over Malta. [ 68 ]
style of turn [edit ]
Bertrand has been described as a contemporary full-back who gives aid in attacking down the flanks, keeping and retaining possession arsenic well as defend and reclaiming possession, making promptly runs into the box and much does one-two ‘s with his teammates. [ citation needed ] Bertrand was described by Glenn Roeder, his coach at Norwich, as a defender who “ likes to bomb ahead and is retentive in the tackle when defending. ” [ 69 ] In a 2018 ESPN FC article about the state of left-backs in England, Michael Cox said that the “ alone real star is Ryan Bertrand, a rightfully excellent full-back defensively and offensively ”. [ 70 ]
clientele ventures [edit ]
Bertrand is a founder of the fintech brokerage house Silicon Markets which provides machine eruditeness and algorithmic trade tools [ 71 ] for retail traders in the Foreign Exchange and CFD markets. [ 72 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 9 December 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 14 November 2017[89]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
2012
2
0
2015
5
0
2016
3
0
2017
9
1
Total
19
1
- As of match played 14 November 2017. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bertrand goal.[89]
List of international goals scored by Ryan Bertrand
No.
Date
Venue
Cap
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
Ref.
1
1 September 2017
National Stadium, Ta’ Qali, Malta
15
Malta
2–0
4–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
[90]
Honours [edit ]
Chelsea
Southampton
Leicester City
Individual