Sergio Berti
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergio Ángel Berti Pizzani | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Villa Constitución, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1990 | Boca Juniors | 6 | (1) |
1990–1992 | River Plate | 51 | (14) |
1992–1993 | Parma | 4 | (0) |
1993–1995 | River Plate | 55 | (16) |
1995–1996 | Zaragoza | 16 | (0) |
1996–1999 | River Plate | 63 | (9) |
1999–2000 | América | 21 | (3) |
2000 | Al Ain | ? | (?) |
2001 | Huracán | 10 | (4) |
2002 | Barcelona SC | 5 | (0) |
2002 | Livingston | 0 | (0) |
Total | 231 | (47) | |
National team | |||
1994–1998 | Argentina | 22 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Sergio Ángel Berti (born 17 February 1969) is a Argentine retired professional footballer, nicknamed La Bruja, who played as a midfielder.
Club career[]
Born in Villa Constitución, Santa Fe, Berti began his career in 1988 with popular club Boca Juniors. In 1990, he found his way out of la Bombonera in a transfer to fierce rival River Plate. The red stripe was indeed the club he spent most of his career with, not to mention short spells in between for Parma and Real Zaragoza. At River, Berti lived the golden era winning five titles including three domestic tournaments, the Copa Libertadores 1996 and the 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana. In 1999, Mexican club América acquired total ownership of his rights.
In the Copa Libertadores 2000, when América came to visit his former club Boca Juniors for the first leg match of the semifinals, just minutes before the start of the game Berti withdraw from playing, arguing being scared for the safety of his family and himself based on the chants of the Barra of Boca Juniors. America lost that game 4–1 and Berti never played again with America.[1] In 2001 Berti returned to Argentina and signed for recently promoted team Huracán. The following year, he had a brief stint at Barcelona SC of Ecuador.
His career came to an abrupt end in 2002 at the Scottish Premier League side Livingston after spitting at teammate Richard Brittain, during a pre-season friendly.[2]
International career[]
Berti was capped in 22 matches and scored one goal for Argentina, including two appearances during the 1998 FIFA World Cup and converting his penalty in the shoot-out against England in the Second Round.[3] He was also a member of the national team that participated in Copa América 1995 and Copa América 1997.
References[]
- ^ http://www.futmex.com/Y2000/noticias06_2000.html
- ^ Sports, Our (23 January 2003). "SFA says Livingston wrong to sack Berti". The Times. London. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
- ^ "Sport: Football England pay penalty again". BBC. 30 June 1998. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
External links[]
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Sergio Berti at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sergio Berti – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Constitución Department
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Serie A players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- La Liga players
- Real Zaragoza players
- Liga MX players
- Club América footballers
- Al Ain FC players
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Barcelona S.C. footballers
- Livingston F.C. players
- UAE Pro League players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland