Bertrand Bossu

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Bertrand Bossu
Personal information
Full name Bertrand Bossu
Date of birth October 14, 1980 (1980-10-14) (age 27)
Place of birth    Calais, France
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Aberdeen
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
19??–2000
2000–2001
2000
2001
2001–2003
2003–2005
2004
2004
2005–2006
2005
2006–2008
2008–
RC Lens
Barnet
Hayes (loan)
Rushden & Diamonds (loan)
Hayes
Gillingham
Torquay United (loan)
Oldham Athletic (loan)
Darlington
Accrington Stanley (loan)
Walsall
Aberdeen
0? 0(?)
01 0(0)
01 0(0)
00 0(0)
32 0(0)
06 0(0)
02 0(0)
00 0(0)
09 0(0)
01 0(0)
01 0(0)
00 0(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 in Calais) is a French footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Barnet & Hayes

Bossu 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 English 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.

[edit] Gillingham

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 side 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.

[edit] Darlington & Walsall

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 English 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 then joined Walsall in September 2006 [3], but was released in May 2008.[citation needed]

[edit] Aberdeen

After being released by Walsall, Bossu then went on trial with Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen. After impressing goalkeeping coach Jim Leighton, he was offered a contract with the Scottish club.[4]

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