| Mark Sertori | |
| Fullname: | Mark Anthony Sertori[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Position: | Defender, striker |
| Years1: | ?–1987 |
| Years2: | 1987 |
| Years3: | 1987–1990 |
| Years4: | 1990–1994 |
| Years5: | 1994–1996 |
| Years6: | 1996 |
| Years7: | 1996–1998 |
| Years8: | 1998–1999 |
| Years9: | 1999–2001 |
| Years10: | 2001 |
| Years11: | 2001 |
| Years12: | 2001–2002 |
| Years13: | 2002–2003 |
| Years14: | 2003 |
| Clubs1: | East Manchester |
| Clubs2: | Stockport County |
| Clubs3: | Lincoln City |
| Clubs4: | Wrexham |
| Clubs5: | Bury |
| Clubs6: | → Witton Albion (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Scunthorpe United |
| Clubs8: | Halifax Town |
| Clubs9: | York City |
| Clubs10: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Clubs11: | Cheltenham Town |
| Clubs12: | Altrincham |
| Clubs13: | Accrington Stanley |
| Clubs14: | Hyde United |
| Caps1: | ? |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Caps3: | 78 |
| Caps4: | 110 |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Caps6: | ? |
| Caps7: | 83 |
| Caps8: | 45 |
| Caps9: | 66 |
| Caps10: | 1 |
| Caps11: | 10 |
| Caps12: | ? |
| Caps13: | ? |
| Caps14: | 11 |
| Goals1: | ? |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Goals6: | ? |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Goals12: | ? |
| Goals13: | ? |
| Goals14: | 0 |
Mark Anthony Sertori (born 1 September 1967) is an English former footballer. He played for numerous clubs in the lower divisions of the Football League, initially as a striker before moving to centre-back. He now works as a sports masseur for Manchester City.[2]
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, Sertori played for East Manchester before signing for Stockport County in February 1987.[1] He made four league appearances before signing for Football Conference side Lincoln City in 1987, who he made his debut for in a 4–2 defeat at Barnet on 22 August.[1] [3] He finished the 1987–88 season with 28 league appearances and six goals as Lincoln won the Conference championship.[4]
He moved to York City in September 1999 for a fee of £25,000 with Sertori agreeing a two-year contract.[5] [6] In March 2001, he had three clubs in a week. He departed York for Shrewsbury Town, making a single substitute appearance, before joining Cheltenham Town.[7]
He dropped into non-League football in the summer of 2001, joining Altrincham. In November 2001 he captained a Northern Premier League representative XI against an FA representative XI.[8] In July 2002 he signed for Accrington Stanley before moving on to Hyde United in January 2003.[9] [10] He retired at the end of the season to concentrate on his new career as a sports masseur.
At the tail-end of his professional career, Sertori enrolled on a Professional Footballers' Association-funded course at Cardiff, where he graduated as a masseur as well as qualifying in reflexology and aromatherapy.[11] In 2003, he joined Bolton Wanderers as Sports Therapist and Masseur. He followed Sam Allardyce to Newcastle United whilst maintaining a private practice in Stockport.[12] He is currently masseur at Manchester City.
An Italian speaker, Sertori replaced the long-serving Chelsea masseur Billy McCulloch as a masseur for the England team under Fabio Capello,[13] [14] being one of three masseurs in England's 17-man technical staff for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[15] His role with England continued and he was part of the England 2016 European Championship backroom staff.[16]