Leonardo Bertone
_(cropped).jpg) Bertone with FC Cincinnati in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Bertone | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Thun | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Young Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Young Boys | 131 | (16) |
| 2019 | FC Cincinnati | 25 | (1) |
| 2020 | FC Thun | 16 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Waasland-Beveren | 52 | (4) |
| 2022– | FC Thun | 41 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Switzerland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | Switzerland U21 | 13 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023 | |||
Leonardo Bertone (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Thun.[1]
Club career[edit]
Bertone was born in Wohlen bei Bern. He made his league debut during the 2011–12 season, his only appearance that season.
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[2]
On 18 December 2018, it was announced that Bertone would join FC Cincinnati ahead of their inaugural 2019 season in Major League Soccer.[3] On 2 March 2019, Bertone scored FC Cincinnati's first goal in the MLS.
After just one season with Cincinnati, Bertone returned to Switzerland on 13 January 2020, joining Swiss Super League side FC Thun on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4]
On the 16th of September 2020, he changed teams once again. Joining Jupiler Pro League team Waasland-Beveren, having signed a three-year contract.[5]
International career[edit]
Bertone was born in Switzerland to an Italian-German father, and Spanish-German mother. He is a youth international for Switzerland.[6]
Honours[edit]
Young Boys
References[edit]
- ^ Leonardo Bertone at Soccerway
- ^ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "FCC Acquires Swiss Super League Champion Bertone". FC Cincinnati. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Bertone Transferred to FC Thun of the Swiss Super League | FC Cincinnati".
- ^ "Welkom op de Freethiel, Leonardo Bertone!". 16 September 2020.
- ^ "BZ Berner Zeitung - Nachrichten und Fakten aus Bern" – via www.bernerzeitung.ch.
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- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- Swiss people of German descent
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- Swiss people of Spanish descent
- Swiss Super League players
- Major League Soccer players
- Belgian Pro League players
- BSC Young Boys players
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- Men's association football midfielders
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