Andy Bernal

Andy Bernal

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Bernal
Date of birth	(1966-05-16) 16 May 1966
Place of birth	Canberra, Australia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1983–1984	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1985	Xerez
1985–1988	Sporting Gijón
1986–1987	→ Albacete Balompié (loan)
1988	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
1988	Ipswich Town	9	(0)
1989–1994	Sydney Olympic	113	(6)
1994–2000	Reading	187	(2)
International career
1989–1996	Australia	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Bernal (born Andrés Bernal, 16 May 1966 in Canberra, Australia) is a former professional football defender, and later football agent and personal assistant for David Beckham.

Playing career

Club career

Bernal had played almost 100 games of Spanish club football whilst on loan to Albacete Balompié and Xerez in the Spanish lower divisions after graduating from the AIS before playing most of his club football at Reading in England, where he was part of the team that narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the 1994–95 season.

International career

Bernal has also played for the Australian national team on 21 occasions between 1989 and 1996.

Post-football career

After retiring from football Bernal worked for a sports agency closely related to David Beckham. He later became a personal assistant to Beckham.

External links

• OzFootball profile