Olivier Bernard
Personal information
Full name	Olivier Bernard
Date of birth	14 October 1979 (1979-10-14) (age 30)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2000 2000–2005 2001 2005 2005–2006 2006–2007	Lyon Newcastle United → Darlington (loan) Southampton Rangers Newcastle United	053 (4) 102 (6) 010 (2) 013 (0) 009 (0) 000 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Olivier Bernard (born 14 October 1979 in Paris) is a French footballer who is currently without a club after leaving Newcastle United on 16 May 2007.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 2.1 As a player 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Bernard made his name during his first spell with Newcastle after joining from Lyon. He had an evolving career with the Magpies between 2000 and 2005 even though he was at Darlington on loan in the 2000–01 season.

After a dispute over contract negotiations, Bernard left Newcastle on 31 January 2005 to join Southampton on a five month contract.^[1]

When Southampton were relegated to the Championship in 2005, Bernard's contract expired and was not renewed. After leaving Southampton, Bernard signed a two-year deal with Rangers on 1 September 2005.^[2]

After just one season with Rangers, and only nine league appearances, he was released after being made surplus to requirements by new manager Paul Le Guen.

Newcastle fans had mixed opinions when Bernard re-signed for them on 1 September 2006 after reneging on an agreement to join Leeds United.^[3]

However, his second spell on Tyneside did not turn out as well as hoped, with Bernard struggling for fitness and a series of niggling injuries preventing him from making his second debut for Newcastle. The latest injury was reported to be a hip injury.^[4] As a result of this, on 16 May 2007 it was announced that, following the appointment of Sam Allardyce as Newcastle boss Bernard, along with Titus Bramble, Oguchi Onyewu, Craig Moore, and Pavel Srníček would not be playing for the side next season.^[5]

He trained with Toronto FC to keep his fitness up in June 2008, mainly because he is friends with former Toronto midfielder Laurent Robert.^[6]

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Newcastle United

• Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2001

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Olivier Bernard career stats at Soccerbase

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