1. Leonida Christos Bertos was born on 20 December 1981 and is a New Zealand football coach and former player who is the head coach of Northern NSW NPL side Weston Bears.
23 Facts About Leo Bertos
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Leo Bertos attended Holy Cross primary school and Wellington College where he played for the school's first XI.
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Leo Bertos played for Wellington Olympic in the New Zealand domestic league between 1997 and 2000.
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Leo Bertos started his career in England, playing in Barnsley's youth system.
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Leo Bertos signed a professional contract for the club a day later.
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Leo Bertos picked up a knee injury whilst playing in Tenerife, the results of which required a second opinion.
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On 24 January 2008, Leo Bertos was signed on a free transfer by his hometown club Wellington Phoenix on a two-year contract.
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Leo Bertos scored his first goal for Wellington against Sydney on 7 November 2008.
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Leo Bertos played in 16 of the 21 regular season matches making 14 starts with 2 goals and 4 assists.
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Leo Bertos played a central role during the regular season to ensure a first finals appearance for the club.
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Leo Bertos played every game of the season, starting 23 of the 28 matches, scoring 2 goals and providing 8 assists.
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Leo Bertos holds the all-time leading assists record for the club with 12.
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Leo Bertos made his debut in a CFL match against Techno Aryan on 23 August 2014, coming as a substitute for Mehtab Hussain.
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Leo Bertos signed for Australian National Premier Leagues side Hamilton Olympic for the 2016 season after training for several weeks with Newcastle Jets.
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Leo Bertos made his international debut against Iran on 13 October 2003 and has represented New Zealand over 50 times since.
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Leo Bertos is known for his dribbling and quality skills on the ball.
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Leo Bertos played many one-twos and did a drag-back once in the second half.
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Leo Bertos represented New Zealand at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.
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In Wellington on 14 November 2009, Leo Bertos provided the assist and delivered the corner from which Rory Fallon headed a thumping game winner against Bahrain to give New Zealand the two-legged aggregate win needed to secure a spot at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Leo Bertos was on hand to see the World Cup trophy unveiled on New Zealand soil for the first time, when it made an eight-hour stop-over in Auckland on 27 April 2010 on its worldwide tour before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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On 10 May 2010 Leo Bertos was named as one of eight midfielders in the final 23-man squad to travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June.
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Leo Bertos was named in the New Zealand Futsal squad to play Australia in a three match series in July 2014 scoring a goal in his debut for the side.
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Leo Bertos was named the coach of Weston Bears in January 2020 after former manager Kew Jaliens flagged an intention to return to Europe.