Patrice Bernier
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| Patrice Bernier | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Patrice Bernier | |
| Date of birth | September 23, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Montreal, Canada | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Right Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Kaiserslautern | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1999 | Syracuse Orange | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000-2002 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007- |
Montreal Impact Moss F.K. Tromsø Kaiserslautern |
73 (5) 40 (1) 56 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004- | Canada | 23 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Patrice "Bernie" Bernier (born September 23, 1979 in Montreal, Canada) is a French Canadian football player with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the German Second Bundesliga. A 177 cm, 76 kg defensive midfielder, also capable of playing as a right winger.
Bernier signed for Tromsø in the summer of 2004. He was picked up from the Norwegian 1st division team Moss F.K. for somewhat less than 500,000 NOK (approx. €63,000 or $75,000 USD.)
Bernier has played for the Montreal Impact in the A-league in Canada. For one season he played college soccer in USA, for Syracuse University, in New York. He has some background in Canadian hockey, but he was told he was too short to reach the top level.
As an almost complete midfielder, he is very aggressive, has good technique, a fine passing foot, heavy shot and an amazing running capacity. He has delivered the best stamina test result in the history of Tromsø Idrettslag, surpassing even former Tromsø player Morten Gamst Pedersen (now with Blackburn, in the Premier League).
After performing an amazing autumn season, and a fine spring for the Tromsø side, they refused an offer of 10,000,000 NOK (approx. 1,3 million Euro) for Patrice Bernier from the Turkish club Beşiktaş.
Bernier started the 2007 season as one of Tippeliga's best players, scoring two fantastic goals against Norways best football club the last 20 years, Rosenborg Ballklubb. Although Rosenborg went on to win the game with an injury time goal by Alexander Tettey, Bernier was awarded the "Man of the Match"-prize.
Tromsø immediately offered Bernier a new contract. However, he rejected as he wanted to leave Norway for a better league. Tromsø then put forth an even better deal, but Bernier was determined to leave Tippeligaen. On the 28 May 2007, Bernier left Tromsø for the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where ex. Vålerenga I.F. Fotball Kjetil Rekdal is the trainer.
[edit] External links
- Bernier profile at til.no (Norwegian)
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