Christophe Berra

Berra in the Scottish National Dress (2011)

Christophe Didier Berra (born 31 January 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish football player. He has, in addition to the British and French citizenship. Since 2013 he is the English second division Ipswich Town under contract.

Career

Berra signed in 2003 a professional contract with Heart of Midlothian. After convincing performances in the youth team he was in the 2003/04 season and made ​​his debut belonged to the tribe of the team since the 2004/ 05 season. July 2006 he extended his contract for another five years and was at this time captain of his team. Despite his long-term contract, the then second division club Wolverhampton Wanderers showed interest in signing and offered a transfer to a transfer fee of 1.5 million pounds. The offer was rejected, but after even the spiked offer in January 2008 - it was suggested by the local press, an amount of about two million pounds - at first met with little approval, the parties were ultimately agreed with the final sum by press releases at was 2.5 million pounds. Berra signed with his new club a contract with a term of more than 4 ½ years, which was not extended in June 2013.

On July 20, 2013 Berra moved to Ipswich Town and signed a two-year contract.

National

In 2008 he nominated George Burley for the match against the Czech Republic, in which he appeared as a substitute and thus completed his debut for the Scottish national team.

Play

Berra is a classic central defender. He has a strong physique and a good heading ability, which is also favored by its size of 1.91 meters.