Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Edwin Bertschin | ||
Date of birth | 25 August 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Solihull Moors | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1973 | Barnet | ||
1973–1977 | Ipswich Town | 32 | (8) |
1977–1981 | Birmingham City | 118 | (29) |
1981–1984 | Norwich City | 114 | (29) |
1982 | → Jacksonville Tea Men (loan) | 14 | (3) |
1984–1987 | Stoke City | 88 | (29) |
1987–1988 | Sunderland | 36 | (7) |
1988–1990 | Walsall | 55 | (9) |
1990–1991 | Chester City | 19 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Aldershot | ||
1992–1993 | Solihull Borough | ||
1993–1994 | Evesham United | ||
1994 | Barry Town | ||
1994–1995 | Worcester City | ||
1995–1996 | Hednesford Town | ||
1996 | Tamworth | ||
1996–1998 | Stafford Rangers | ||
Total | 476 | (114) | |
National team | |||
1977–1978 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2016– | Solihull Moors | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Keith Edwin Bertschin (born 25 August 1956) is a former professional footballer is currently the manager of Solihull Moors.
Bertschin, a striker, began his professional career with Ipswich Town (1973–1977), before playing for Birmingham City (1977–1981), Norwich City (1981–1982; 1982–1984), Stoke City (1984–1987), Sunderland (1987–1988), Walsall (1988–1990), Chester City (1990–1991) and Aldershot (1991–1992). He also played non-League football and had a short spell playing in the United States with the Jacksonville Tea Men in 1982.
Bertschin was born in Enfield and began his career with Barnet before joining Ipswich Town in 1973. He made a perfect start to professional football scoring on his debut scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Arsenal in April 1976. He scored again two days later against West Ham United. He became a full member of the squad in 1976–77 scoring six goals in 30 appearances as Ipswich finished in 3rd position. Bertschin joined Birmingham City in July 1977 for a fee of £135,000. He spent four seasons at St Andrew's making 143 appearances scoring 41 goals and helped the club gain promotion in 1979–80. Bertschin joined Norwich City in August 1981 and helped the Canaries gain promotion to the First Division in 1981–82. He scored twice against his old club Birmingham in a 5–1 victory earning Norwich their first victory of the 1982–83 season. He spent the summer of 1982 playing in the United States for Jacksonville Tea Men.