Narada Michael Bernard (born 30 November 1981) is a

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n-English former professional

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, who played as a

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. Bernard, who was capped for the Jamaica national team, is currently a

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and was recently mentioned on That Peter Crouch Podcast.

Career

Narada Bernard began his career with

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

before moving, as a trainee, to local rivals

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, turning professional in August 1999. He played alongside

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in the reserves for Arsenal, but failed to break into the first team. He moved to

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. ...

on a free transfer in 2000, signing a two-year contract. His time at Bournemouth was disrupted by injuries and he was released at the end of the 2002–03 season having played 38 first team games. He had an unsuccessful trial with

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

in July 2003. Bernard signed for

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in August 2003, joining

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

in November 2003. At Torquay he trained alongside former Arsenal youth team colleagues

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and

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, but played only once for the first team (as a late substitute for Canoville in the 1–1 draw at home to

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on 13 December) before being released by Torquay manager

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in January 2004. On 2 June 2004 Bernard made his only appearance for

in a 1–0 defeat against the

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in the

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at the Valley when he came on as late substitute for

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. Bernard joined

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The most prominent aspect of the club is its men's first team, who play in the , the seventh level of the E ...

in September 2004. He had a further unsuccessful trial with

in December 2004. He moved to

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and then to Farnborough Town in January 2005, but played just 4 games before being released in March 2005 when he joined

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the , the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1983 afte ...

. He spent August 2005 with

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and in December 2005 was playing for Hemel Hempstead Town. In 2006 Bernard was playing for Fisher Athletic, and moved to

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ket ...

in January 2007, before leaving only a few weeks later to join up with ex-Bournemouth colleague Jason Tindall at Weymouth. He signed a new one-year deal at Weymouth at the start of July 2007. In February 2008 Bernard joined

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, they are currently members of the . The club were established in October 1870 and have played at ...

. In January 2009 Bernard joined

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club

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on a one-month loan deal. The move was made permanent later that month. In August 2009 he signed for

Isthmian League Premier Division The Isthmian League () is a regional football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 88 teams in fo ...

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and W ...

, making his debut at home to

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on 18th of that month.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Narada 1981 births Living people Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people Jamaican men's footballers English men's footballers Arsenal F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Woking F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Yeading F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Fisher Athletic F.C. players Margate F.C. players Jamaica men's international footballers Footballers from Bristol Men's association football defenders English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen