Bertie Cozic

Bertie Cozic
Personal information
Full nameBertrand Edern Cozic
Date of birth18 May 1978
Place of birthQuimper, France
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003Team Bath
2003–2004Cheltenham Town7(1)
2004Hereford United3(0)
2004–2005Northampton Town14(0)
2005Kidderminster Harriers15(0)
2005–2006Aldershot Town2(0)
2005–2006Team Bath27(3)
2006–2011Exeter City98(3)
2013Tiverton Town1(0)
Total167(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bertrand Edern "Bertie" Cozic[1] (born 18 May 1978) is a French footballer who is currently without a club after being released by Tiverton Town .

Career

Born in Quimper, Finistère, Cozic first came to England with Team Bath F.C., the football team of the University of Bath, in 2002. After a successful first season, he moved into the professional game, having spells with Cheltenham (where he scored his first goal in professional football against Swansea City),[2] Hereford, Northampton, Kidderminster and Aldershot, before returning to Team Bath in late 2005. In the summer of 2006, he transferred to Exeter City, following former University of Bath manager Paul Tisdale after he was newly named manager of Exeter . Signed a new one-year contract with Exeter City in June 2009. He signed a new six-month deal with Exeter City in June 2010 with the option of a further six months. Cozic took up the option of a further six months contract in January 2011. He was also the owner of Gourmandine crepe-café on Catherine Street, Exeter until selling his share of the business in 2013 to take up a new venture in Food produce. Cozic announced his retirement from football in May 2011 to concentrate on his restaurant business, which his former club confirmed later that month.[3] On 8 July 2013 Cozic announced that he was coming out of retirement and would be signing a one-year deal with Tiverton Town . On 23 August it was announced that Cozic had been released by Tiverton after featuring just once as a substitute.

Career statistics

(correct as of August 11, 2006)

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Team Bath 2002-03 ?10----?+10
All ??10----?+10
Cheltenham 2003-04 71--0 (1)0--7 (1)1
All 71--0 (1)0--7 (1)1
Hereford 2004 0 (3)0----0 (1)00 (4)0
All 0 (3)0----0 (1)00 (4)0
Northampton 2004-05 8 (6)01 (1)0101 (1)011 (8)0
All 8 (6)01 (1)0101 (1)011 (8)0
Kidderminster 2005 13 (2)0------13 (2)0
All 13 (2)0------13 (2)0
Aldershot 2005-06 20------20
All 20------20
Team Bath 2005-06 ??------??
All ??------??
Exeter City 2006-07
All
Career totals 30 (11)12 (1)01 (1)01 (2)034 (15)1

Source: Soccerbase

Notes and references

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2010 and 31/07/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. "Cheltenham 3-4 Swansea". BBC. 16 August 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. "Exeter City release 12 squad members". BBC Sport. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.