Evan James Berger (born 16 August 1987) is a former Australian

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who last played for

Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a socia ...

Club career

Early career

He has been involved in football since he was young, playing for the Burragorang District soccer club.

Melbourne Victory

Berger's club career began at

Melbourne Victory FC Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victo ...

after playing for Burragorang District Soccer Club, the Macarthur Rams,

Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Football Club, commonly known as Parramatta Melita Eagles or just Melita, are a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in South Granville, New South Wales. The club was established by Maltese migrants in 1956 and played seve ...

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, Young Socceroos and the

. In May 2007 he signed to Melbourne Victory, who offered him a two-year contract after only two training sessions with the club, as each A-League team was required three Under-20 signings. He completed the 2007

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season with Marconi before joining Melbourne in preparation to represent the team in the

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season.

Perth Glory

For the 2011–12

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season he signed a two-year contract with the

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

after struggling to get regular playing time at

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victo ...

. Berger, along with teammates

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, Nick Ward and Lewis Italiano were released by the Glory at the end of the 2012–13 A-League season.

Retirement

In October 2013 Berger announced his retirement from professional football due to ongoing hamstring problems. In 2017, Berger participated in Pennant Golf as a member of Cheltenham Golf Club's Pennant Team. Berger also won the Club Championship in 2017.

International career

Berger obtained a one-year scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra after impressing Australian under-20 selectors in 2005, who subsequently also offered him a place on the Australia national under-20 football team, or the Young Socceroos Squad. With the Young Socceroos he has toured

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and

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, scoring his first international goal against the

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. He was one of twenty-three nominees for an informal

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Award awarded by his local council,

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, on the outskirts of Sydney, nominated for his international representation of Australia and also as a member of the New South Wales Combined High Schools and Australian Schoolboys teams.

A-League career statistics

(''Correct as of 19 February 2012'')

Honours

With

: * A-League Championship: 2008–09 * A-League Premiership: 2008–09

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Evan 1987 births Living people Melbourne Victory FC players Perth Glory FC players Soccer players from Sydney Macarthur Rams FC players A-League Men players Parramatta FC players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players National Premier Leagues players Association football wingers Association football fullbacks Australian soccer players