Evan Berger

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Evan Berger
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Personal information
Full name Evan James Berger
Date of birth (1987-08-16) 16 August 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left back / Left winger
Youth career
Macarthur Rams
2004 Parramatta Eagles
2004–2005 AIS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Marconi Stallions 40 (6)
2007–2011 Melbourne Victory 43 (0)
2011–2013 Perth Glory 6 (0)
2013 Marconi Stallions 6 (0)
International career‡
2005–2006 Australia U-20 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Evan James Berger (born 16 August 1987) is a former Australian footballer who last played for Marconi Stallions.

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Club career

Early career

He has been involved in football since he was young, playing for the Burragorang District soccer club. [1]

Melbourne Victory

Berger's club career began at Melbourne Victory FC after playing for Burragorang District Soccer Club, the Macarthur Rams, Parramatta Eagles, Australian Institute of Sport, Young Socceroos and the Marconi Stallions. In May 2007 he signed to Melbourne Victory, who offered him a two-year contract after only two training sessions with the club, as each A-League team was required three Under-20 signings. [2] He completed the 2007 New South Wales Premier League season with Marconi before joining Melbourne in preparation to represent the team in the A-League 2007–08 season. [3]

Perth Glory

For the 2011–12 A-League season he signed a two-year contract with the Perth Glory after struggling to get regular playing time at Melbourne Victory. [4] Berger, along with teammates Dean Heffernan, Nick Ward and Lewis Italiano were released by the Glory at the end of the 2012–13 A-League season. [5]

Retirement

In October 2013 Berger announced his retirement from professional football due to ongoing hamstring problems. [6]

In 2017, Berger participated in Pennant Golf as a member of Cheltenham Golf Club's Pennant Team. Berger also won the Club Championship in 2017. [7]

International career

Berger obtained a one-year scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra after impressing Australian under-20 selectors in 2005, who subsequently also offered him a place on the Australia national under-20 football team, or the Young Socceroos Squad. [8] With the Young Socceroos he has toured Sri Lanka, Argentina, Malaysia, India and Chile, scoring his first international goal against the Vietnam national football team. [1] He was one of twenty-three nominees for an informal Australia Day Award awarded by his local council, Wollondilly Shire Council, on the outskirts of Sydney, nominated for his international representation of Australia and also as a member of the New South Wales Combined High Schools and Australian Schoolboys teams. [1]

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 19 February 2012)

ClubSeasonLeagueFinalsAsiaTotal
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Melbourne Victory 2007–08 500---6001100
2008–09 1300200---1500
2009–10 9003006001800
2010–11 1100------1100
Perth Glory 2011–12 600------600
Total440050012--6100

Honours

With Melbourne Victory:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kate Walsh. "Australia Day Wollondilly Award Nominees". Wollondilly Shire Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "Berger Signs for Victory". Australian FourFourTwo. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "Victory confirms Berger signing". Melbourne Victory FC. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Berger To Beef Up Glory Stocks Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Stars exit as clubs swing axe - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. ↑ @Cove_Agency (29 October 2013). "@ALeague footballer Evan Berger has announced his retirement from football due to ongoing hamstring problems" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Cheltenham Golf Club - Mens Pennant Team Profiles". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Ben Broad (24 January 2006). "Rising soccer star impresses coaches". Westfield Sports High School. Wollondilly Advertiser. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
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