Leo Bertos
Bertos playing for Wellington Phoenix in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leonida Christos Bertos | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hamilton Olympic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Wellington Olympic | ||
| 2000–2003 | Barnsley | 12 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Rochdale | 82 | (13) |
| 2005 | Chester City | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Barrow | ||
| 2005–2006 | York City | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | Scarborough | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | Worksop Town | ||
| 2006–2008 | Perth Glory | 35 | (1) |
| 2008–2014 | Wellington Phoenix | 127 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | East Bengal | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | → NorthEast United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015– | Hamilton Olympic | 20 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2004 | New Zealand U-23 | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2013 | New Zealand | 56 | (0) |
| 2014– | New Zealand Futsal | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2016. |
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Leonida Christos "Leo" Bertos (born 20 December 1981) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hamilton Olympic in the Australian National Premier Leagues.
A New Zealand international from 2003 to 2013, he represented his country at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Bertos was born in Wellington, to a Greek father, George and a New Zealand Māori mother, Gayle. He attended Holy Cross primary school (1987–1994) and Wellington College (1995–1999) where he played for the school's first XI.
Bertos played for Wellington Olympic in the New Zealand domestic league between 1997 and 2000.
Bertos started his career in England, playing in Barnsley's youth system. He made his debut for the Barnsley reserve team against Rotherham United in October 2000. and his first-team debut for Barnsley in a 0–4 defeat to Preston North End on 16 April 2001. Bertos signed a professional contract for the club a day later. He picked up a knee injury whilst playing in Tenerife, the results of which required a second opinion. These results were delayed, but, when received, it was confirmed that no meniscus was present to his tendon. He scored once for Barnsley; in a 4–1 defeat to Bristol City.
He had a reasonably successful two-year spell at Rochdale scoring the goal in a 1–0 win at Kidderminster that secured the team's League status in 2003–04, but fell out of favour the following year and was released.
After failing to impress in a short spell at Chester City Bertos played non-league football for Barrow, York City, Scarborough and Worksop Town.
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