Evan Berger

Football player infobox
playername = Evan Berger
fullname = Evan James Berger


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|8|16
cityofbirth = Sydney
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.69
currentclub = Melbourne Victory
clubnumber = 19
contractend = 2009
position = Left Winger
youthyears =
2005
2006
youthclubs = Macarthur Rams
Parramatta Eagles
AIS
years = 2007
2007–"present"
clubs = Marconi Stallions
Melbourne Victory
caps(goals) =
012 (1)
nationalyears = 2006
nationalteam =Australia U-20
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (2)
pcupdate = 5 October 2008
ntupdate = 20 December 2007

Evan James Berger (born 16 August 1987) is an Australian football player who plays as a left midfielder for Melbourne Victory FC in the Hyundai A-League.

Club career

He has been involved in football since he was young, playing for the Burragorang District soccer club,cite web| url = http://www.wollondilly.local-e.nsw.gov.au/news/pages/14993.html| title = Australia Day Wollondilly Award Nominees| accessdate = 2008-01-03| author = Kate Walsh| publisher = Wollondilly Shire Council] Berger's club career began at Melbourne Victory FC after playing for the Macarthur Rams, Parramatta Eagles, Australian Institute of Sport, Young Socceroos and the Marconi Stallions. 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. [cite web| url = http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/51827,berger-signs-for-victory.aspx| title = Berger Signs for Victory| accessdate = 2008-01-03| date = 11 May 2007| publisher = Australian FourFourTwo] He completed the 2007 New South Wales Premier League season with Marconi before joining Melbourne in preparation to represent the team in the A-League 2007–08 season. [cite web| url = http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=mvfc_news_item&id=17940| title = Victory confirms Berger signing| accessdate = 2008-01-03| date = 29 May 2007| publisher = Melbourne Victory FC]

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. [cite web| url = http://westfieldsports.nsw.edu.au/SPORTS/soccerpg40.html| title = Rising soccer star impresses coaches| accessdate = 2008-01-03| author = Ben Broad| date = 24 January 2006| work = Westfield Sports High School| publisher = Wollondilly Advertiser] With the Young Socceroos he has toured Sri Lanka, Argentina, Malaysia, India and Chile, scoring his first international goal against the Vietnam national football team. He was one of twenty-three nominees for an informal Australia Day Award awarded by his local council, Wollondilly Shire Council, 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=mvfc_playerprofile_item&pid=1331 Melbourne Victory profile]