Bertrand Edern Cozic[1] (born 18 May 1978), known as Bertie Cozic, is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Bertie Cozic
Personal information
Full name Bertrand Edern Cozic
Date of birth (1978-05-18) 18 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Quimper, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Team Bath
2003–2004 Cheltenham Town 7 (1)
2004 Hereford United 3 (0)
2004–2005 Northampton Town 14 (0)
2005 Kidderminster Harriers 15 (0)
2005–2006 Aldershot Town 2 (0)
2005–2006 Team Bath 27 (3)
2006–2011 Exeter City 106 (3)
2013 Tiverton Town 1 (0)
Total 175 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Quimper, Finistère, Cozic first came to England with Team Bath F.C., the football team of the University of Bath, in 2002. After a successful first season, he moved into the professional game, having spells with Cheltenham (where he scored his first goal in professional football against Swansea City),[2] Hereford, Northampton, Kidderminster and Aldershot, before returning to Team Bath in late 2005.

In the summer of 2006, Cozic transferred to Exeter City, following former University of Bath manager Paul Tisdale after he was newly named manager of Exeter City. He signed a new one-year contract with Exeter City in June 2009. He signed a new six-month deal with Exeter City in June 2010 with the option of a further six months. Cozic took up the option of a further six months contract in January 2011. He was also the owner of Gourmandine crepe-café on Catherine Street, Exeter until selling his share of the business in 2013 to take up a new venture in Food produce. Cozic announced his retirement from football in May 2011 to concentrate on his restaurant business, which his former club confirmed later that month.[3]

On 8 July 2013, Cozic announced that he was coming out of retirement and would be signing a one-year deal with Tiverton Town. On 23 August it was announced that Cozic had been released by Tiverton after featuring just once as a substitute.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Team Bath 2002–03 1 0 1 0
Cheltenham 2003–04 Third Division 7 1 1 0 8 1
Hereford 2004 Football Conference 3 0 1 0 4 0
Northampton 2004–05 League Two 14 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
Kidderminster 2005 League Two 15 0 15 0
Aldershot 2005–06 Football Conference 2 0 2 0
Team Bath 2005–06
Exeter City 2006–07 Football Conference 30 1 1 0 1 0 32 1
2007–08 16 0 1 0 1 0 18 0
2008–09 League Two 20 0 1 0 21 0
2009–10 League One 29 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 33 2
2010–11 League One 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
Total 106 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 116 3
Career total 147 4 8 0 3 0 7 0 165 4

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2010 and 31/07/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Cheltenham 3-4 Swansea". BBC. 16 August 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Exeter City release 12 squad members". BBC Sport. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  4. ^ Bertie Cozic at Soccerbase