Ryan Dominic Bertrand (born 5 August 1989) left back.
Bertrand was signed by Chelsea in July 2005 from Gillingham for an initial £125,000, which was set by a tribunal and is subject to increase depending on progress
During the 2006–07 season he was twice sent on loan to Bournemouth, at the same time as former Chelsea youngster Jack Cork. He suffered a ruptured spleen in a youth team game against Arsenal that ruled him out of the later part of that season.
In August 2007, Bertrand joined Oldham Athletic on loan until January 2008.
On 4 January 2008, a matter of days after his spell at Oldham came to an end, Bertrand joined Norwich City on loan for the rest of the 2007–08 season. He put in a number of impressive displays playing at both left full back and on the left wing, and admitted he would welcome a longer stay with the club. Bertrand became popular with the Carrow Road crowd earning him the nickname 'Plastic' in reference to the Belgian singer Plastic Bertrand.On 4 July 2008 he rejoined the club on loan until January 2009, with an option to extend to the end of the season. On 17 July 2009 Bertrand joined Reading on a season-long loan. He scored his first professional goal against Derby County on 10 March 2010. He also got voted by the fans of Reading FC runner up on the player of the year award behind Gyfli Sigurdsson Respectively.
On 5 August 2010 Betrand signed an on loan with Championship side Nottingham Forest in an initial six-month deal. He made his debut for Forest as a substitute in the 1-0 away defeat against Burnley. He was a regular for Forest for whom he made a total of 19 appearances. Forest were interested in either extending Betrand's loan spell for the rest of the season or sign him permanently[11] but when his loan period expired on 3 January 2011 he returned to his parent club Chelsea.
Bertrand's Chelsea debut came on 20 April 2011, when he came on as substitute to replace Ashley Cole in a Premier league 3-1 win against Birmingham City. Betrand provided a cross which Florent Malouda headed past the Birmingham goalkeeper. On 15 July 2011, Bertrand signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea. He was made back-up to Ashley Cole by then Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas as he remained with Chelsea and Patrick Van Aanholt another left back went out on loan. Six years after signing for Chelsea as a school-boy, Bertrand made his first starting appearance against Fulham in the Carling Cup. The match finished in favour of Chelsea who won on penalties 4-3 as the match ended goalless. Bertrand also played 90 minutes in Chelsea's 2-0 defeat against Liverpool in the Carling Cup. He made his first league appearance of the season coming on as a late substitute for Ashley Cole against Everton, the game ended in a 2-0 defeat for Chelsea. Bertrand was handed his first Premier League start against Wigan on the 7th April, in which he produced an outstanding performance as Chelsea won 2-1 and he was named fan's Man Of The Match. He started again against Arsenal, on the 21st of April, for his third Premier League start. The game finished 0-0. Once again he continued to impress, winning the Barclays Man of the Match Award
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