Ryan Bertrand
Personal information
Full name	Ryan Dominic Bertrand
Date of birth	5 August 1989 (1989-08-05) (age 20)
Place of birth	Southwark, England
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Reading (on loan from Chelsea)
Number	24
Youth career
0000–2005 2005–2006	Gillingham Chelsea
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006– 2006 2007 2007–2008 2008 2008–2009 2009–	Chelsea → Bournemouth (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Norwich City (loan) → Norwich City (loan) → Reading (loan)	00 (0) 04 (0) 01 (0) 21 (0) 18 (0) 38 (0) 18 (0)
National team2
2005–2006 2006–2008 2009 2008–	England U17 England U19 England U20 England U21	02 (0) 10 (0) 01 (0) 04 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ryan Dominic Bertrand (born 5 August 1989) is an English professional footballer currently with Reading, on loan from Chelsea. He is a fast, attacking left-back, converted from a winger.

Contents 1 Career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Born in Southwark, London, Bertrand was signed by Chelsea in July 2005 from Gillingham for an initial £125,000. The fee was set by a tribunal and is subject to increase depending on progress.^[1]

During the 2006-07 season he was twice sent on loan to Bournemouth, at the same time as fellow Chelsea youngster Jack Cork. He suffered a ruptured spleen in a youth team game against Arsenal that ruled him out of the later part of that season.

In August 2007, Bertrand joined Oldham Athletic on loan until January 2008.^[2]

On 4 January 2008, a matter of days after his spell at Oldham came to an end, Bertrand joined Norwich City on loan for the rest of the 2007/08 season.^[3] He put in a number of impressive displays playing at both left full back and on the left wing, and admitted he would welcome a longer stay with the club. Bertrand became popular with the Carrow Road crowd earning him the nickname 'Plastic' in reference to the Belgian singer Plastic Bertrand.^[4] On 4 July 2008 he rejoined the club on loan until January 2009, with an option to extend to the end of the season.^[5] On 17 July 2009 Bertrand joined Reading on another season-long loan.^[6].

[edit] International career

He was selected for the England U19s team for their first round of qualifying matches for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Bertrand played for England Under-17s, Under-19s and is now a member of the Under-21 squad.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ryan Bertrand career stats at Soccerbase
• Chelsea profile
• Norwich City profile

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