Mark Sertori

Mark Sertori
Personal information
Full name Mark Anthony Sertori[1]
Date of birth (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 57)[1]
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

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]

Career

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.

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.

England masseur

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 553. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "From lower league journeyman to chasing a treble at Manchester City – Cheltenham Town's link with 2019 FA Cup final". gloucestershirelive.co.uk. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mark Sertori". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  4. ^ Harman, John (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The First 25 Years. Tony Williams Publications. p. 419. ISBN 1-869833-52-X.
  5. ^ "Sertori target". The Press. 3 September 1999. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Pouton's £150,000 switch to Grimsby". The Press. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Robins in for Sertori". The Press. 14 March 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Unibond league come out on top". Non-League Daily. 20 November 2001. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Coleman strengthens Stanley squad". Non-League Daily. 8 July 2002. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Waywell starts his signing spree". Non-League Daily. 31 January 2003. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Ex-City man Sertori is Premiership class". The Press. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  12. ^ "Company Details – Mark Sertori (Sports Remedial Masseur) Limited". UK Data Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  13. ^ Wallace, Sam (5 February 2008). "Capello orders double training". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Ex-Wrexham player gets Capello call-up". The Leader. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  15. ^ Fifield, Dominic (20 May 2010). "England back-up staff boosted by arrival of David Beckham's masseur". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  16. ^ "Euro 2016".