Leonardo Bertone | |
Full Name: | Leonardo Bertone |
Birth Date: | 1994 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Currentclub: | FC Thun |
Clubnumber: | 6 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | –2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Young Boys |
Years1: | 2014–2018 |
Caps1: | 131 |
Goals1: | 16 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | FC Cincinnati |
Caps2: | 25 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2020 |
Clubs3: | FC Thun |
Caps3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs4: | Waasland-Beveren |
Caps4: | 52 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 2022– |
Clubs5: | FC Thun |
Caps5: | 56 |
Goals5: | 7 |
Nationalyears1: | 2012 |
Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U18 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2012–2013 |
Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2013–2015 |
Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U20 |
Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
Nationalyears4: | 2013–2016 |
Nationalteam4: | Switzerland U21 |
Nationalcaps4: | 13 |
Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 22 May 2024 |
Leonardo Bertone (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Thun.
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.[1]
On 18 December 2018, it was announced that Bertone would join FC Cincinnati ahead of their inaugural 2019 season in Major League Soccer.[2] 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.[3]
On the 16th of September 2020, he changed teams once again. Joining Jupiler Pro League team Waasland-Beveren, having signed a three-year contract.[4]
Bertone was born in Switzerland to an Italian-German father, and Spanish-German mother. He is a youth international for Switzerland.[5]
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