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Mark Anthony Sertori (born 1 September 1967) is an English former footballer. He played for numerous clubs in the lower divisions of the Football League, initially as a striker before moving to centre-back. He now works as a sports masseur for Manchester City.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mark Anthony Sertori[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 September 1967||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1987 | East Manchester | ? | (?) |
1987 | Stockport County | 4 | (0) |
1987–1990 | Lincoln City | 78 | (15) |
1990–1994 | Wrexham | 110 | (3) |
1994–1996 | Bury | 13 | (1) |
1996 | → Witton Albion (loan) | ? | (?) |
1996–1998 | Scunthorpe United | 83 | (2) |
1998–1999 | Halifax Town | 45 | (0) |
1999–2001 | York City | 66 | (2) |
2001 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | (0) |
2001 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Altrincham | ? | (?) |
2002–2003 | Accrington Stanley | ? | (?) |
2003 | Hyde United | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, Sertori played for East Manchester before signing for Stockport County in February 1987.[1] He made four league appearances before signing for Football Conference side Lincoln City in 1987, who he made his debut for in a 4–2 defeat at Barnet on 22 August.[1][3] He finished the 1987–88 season with 28 league appearances and six goals as Lincoln won the Conference championship.[4]
He moved to York City in September 1999 for a fee of £25,000 with Sertori agreeing a two-year contract.[5][6] In March 2001, he had three clubs in a week. He departed York for Shrewsbury Town, making a single substitute appearance, before joining Cheltenham Town.[7]
He dropped into non-League football in the summer of 2001, joining Altrincham. In November 2001 he captained a Northern Premier League representative XI against an FA representative XI.[8] In July 2002 he signed for Accrington Stanley before moving on to Hyde United in January 2003.[9][10] He retired at the end of the season to concentrate on his new career as a sports masseur.
At the tail-end of his professional career, Sertori enrolled on a Professional Footballers' Association-funded course at Cardiff, where he graduated as a masseur as well as qualifying in reflexology and aromatherapy.[11] In 2003, he joined Bolton Wanderers as Sports Therapist and Masseur. He followed Sam Allardyce to Newcastle United whilst maintaining a private practice in Stockport.[12] He is currently masseur at Manchester City.
An Italian speaker, Sertori replaced the long-serving Chelsea masseur Billy McCulloch as a masseur for the England team under Fabio Capello,[13][14] being one of three masseurs in England's 17-man technical staff for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[15] His role with England continued and he was part of the England 2016 European Championship backroom staff.[16]
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