Bertrand Bossu

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Personal information
Bertrand Bossu
Full name	Bertrand Bossu
Date of birth	October 14, 1980
Place of birth	Calais, France
Height	6' 7"
Nickname	Bert
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Walsall
Number	41
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-2000 2000-2001 2000 2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2004 2004 2005-2006 2005 2006-	RC Lens Barnet Hayes (loan) Rushden & Diamonds (loan) Hayes Gillingham Torquay United (loan) Oldham Athletic (loan) Darlington Accrington Stanley (loan) Walsall	1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 32 (0) 6 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 9 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 3, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Bertrand Bossu (born October 14, 1980) is a French footballer, currently playing for Walsall. He plays in goal and is considered to be Walsall's second choice goalkeeper behind Clayton Ince.

Bossu was born in Calais and played for RC Lens before joining Barnet in March 2000. He made his debut, and subsequently only first team appearance for Barnet on May 17, 2000 in the second leg of the Play-off semi-final. Barnet were trailing 2-0 (4-1 on aggregate) away to Peterborough United when Bossu replaced the injured Lee Harrison in the Barnet goal. He conceded one more goal, giving David Farrell his hat-trick and confirming Peterborough's place in the final.

He joined Conference side Hayes on loan in December 2000, his one-man heroics in the 1-0 win away to Boston United on the 2nd of December, ending a run of seven consecutive defeats. However, in the process Bossu broke a finger and returned to Barnet to recuperate.

He joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in March 2001, but failed to make a first team appearance for them and was released by Barnet at the end of the season. He rejoined Hayes in August 2001, but lost his place as Hayes were relegated from the Conference. Although he began the following season as second-choice, he regained his place in the side and went on to win the Hayes Supporters' Player of the Year Award in 2003. In the midst of this he had also become the first Hayes goalkeeper to score a goal, with a last-minute header in the game away to St Albans City.

Bossu joined Gillingham in September 2003 and made his debut later that month away to Walsall. He played just five more times that season, including the victory at home to Premier League Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup.

In August 2004 he joined Torquay United on a three-month loan deal ^[1], playing in the first two games of the season, away to Bristol City and at home to Hull City the same month. However, he was sent back to Gillingham by Torquay with a knee injury, prompting a row over who should pay his wages ^[2]. He joined Oldham Athletic in late October 2004, but failed to make their first team.

He was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2004-05 season, joining Darlington in August 2005. The same month he joined Accrington Stanley on loan, playing one Conference game, away to Cambridge United before returning to Darlington where he played ten times before being released at the end of the season.

He joined Walsall in September 2006 ^[3].

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Bertrand Bossu career stats at Soccerbase

Walsall F.C. - Current Squad
1 Ince \| 2 Pead \| 3 Fox \| 4 Gerrard \| 5 Westwood \| 6 Roper \| 7 Wrack \| 8 Dobson \| 9 Butler \| 10 Sam \| 11 Bedeau \| 12 Keates \| 14 Wright \| 15 Taylor \| 16 Kinsella \| 17 Picken \| 18 Fangueiro \| 19 Constable \| 20 Demontagnac \| 21 Gilmartin \| 22 Nicholls \| 23 Deakin \| 24 Dann \| 25 McDermott \| 26 Bradley \| 27 Smith \| 31 Mckeown \| 41 Bossu \| Manager: Money