Ryan Dominic Bertrand was born on 5 August 1989 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Leicester City.
35 Facts About Ryan Bertrand
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Ryan Bertrand graduated from Chelsea's youth system and was sent on loan to various clubs between 2006 and 2010.
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Ryan Bertrand made his full debut for Chelsea on in April 2011, six years after joining them, in a fixture against Birmingham City.
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Ryan Bertrand is an England international, having represented 'the Young Lions' at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20, under-21 levels, as well as Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Ryan Bertrand joined Gillingham aged nine, progressing through their youth system.
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Ryan Bertrand suffered a ruptured spleen in a youth team match against Arsenal that ruled him out of the later part of that season.
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Ryan Bertrand put in a number of impressive displays playing at both left-back and on the left wing, and admitted he would welcome a longer stay with the club.
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Ryan Bertrand became popular with the Carrow Road crowd earning him the nickname 'Plastic' in reference to the Belgian singer Plastic Ryan Bertrand.
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On 17 July 2009, Ryan Bertrand joined Reading on a season-long loan.
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Ryan Bertrand scored his first professional goal against Derby County on 10 March 2010.
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On 5 August 2010, Ryan Bertrand signed on loan with Championship club Nottingham Forest in an initial six-month deal.
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Ryan Bertrand was a regular for Forest for whom he made a total of 19 appearances.
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Forest were interested in either extending Ryan Bertrand's loan spell for the rest of the season or to sign him permanently but when his loan period expired on 3 January 2011 he returned to his parent club Chelsea.
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Ryan Bertrand made a goal, providing a cross which Florent Malouda headed past Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster.
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On 15 July 2011, Ryan Bertrand signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea.
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Ryan Bertrand was used as a back-up to Cole by Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, as he remained with Chelsea and left-back Patrick van Aanholt went out on loan.
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Six years after signing for Chelsea as a schoolboy, Ryan Bertrand made his first starting appearance, against Fulham in the League Cup.
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Ryan Bertrand made his European debut in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich on 19 May 2012, playing on the left of midfield, becoming the first player in the Champions League era to make his debut in the final.
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Ryan Bertrand started in the first league match of the season against Wigan Athletic playing as a winger.
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On 5 September 2012, Ryan Bertrand signed a new improved five-year contract with Chelsea.
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On 12 July 2016, Ryan Bertrand signed a new five-year contract.
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On 12 May 2021, Southampton announced that Ryan Bertrand would leave the club when his contract expired in the summer.
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On 15 July 2021, Ryan Bertrand joined Premier League club Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.
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Ryan Bertrand has represented England youth teams at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.
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Ryan Bertrand was part of the U19 squad at the 2008 European Championship.
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Ryan Bertrand was promoted to the U21s and called up for several 2009 European Championship qualifiers, but missed out of the squad for the final tournament.
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Ryan Bertrand was named in the England under-21 squad for the 2011 European Championship and played all matches.
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On 2 July 2012, Ryan Bertrand was named in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Ryan Bertrand played his first match for Great Britain on 20 July 2012 in a friendly match against Brazil.
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On 10 August 2012, Ryan Bertrand was called up to the senior England team for the first time, for a friendly match against Italy.
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On 11 September 2012, Ryan Bertrand came on after 73 minutes in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine and crossed the ball that led to the penalty that Frank Lampard converted.
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On 8 October 2012, Ryan Bertrand was called up to the England squad for two more qualifying matches, against San Marino and Poland.
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Ryan Bertrand came on as a substitute for England away to Italy on 3 March 2015 and he won his fourth full cap, starting for England against Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 7 June 2015.
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Ryan Bertrand has been described as a modern-day full-back who gives assistance in attacking down the flanks, keeping and retaining possession as well as defending and reclaiming possession, making quick runs into the box and often does one-two's with his teammates.
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Ryan Bertrand is a founder of the fintech brokerage Silicon Markets which provides machine learning and algorithmic trading tools for retail traders in the Foreign Exchange and CFD markets.