Paul Bernardoni
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Jean François Bernardoni[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Évry, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Yverdon-Sport | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2011 | AS Lieusaint | ||
2011–2013 | Linas-Montlhéry | ||
2013–2015 | Troyes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Troyes B | 30 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Troyes | 15 | (0) |
2016 | → Bordeaux | 7 | (0) |
2016–2020 | Bordeaux | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Bordeaux B | 11 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Clermont (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2018–2020 | → Nîmes (loan) | 63 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Angers | 78 | (0) |
2022 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2021 | Angers B | 1 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Konyaspor | 17 | (0) |
2024– | Yverdon-Sport | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013–2014 | France U17 | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | France U19 | 15 | (0) |
2016–2017 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | France U21 | 21 | (0) |
2021 | France Olympic | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024 |
Paul Jean François Bernardoni (born 18 April 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Yverdon-Sport.[2][3]
He began his career with local teams AS Lieusaint and Linas-Montlhéry, before moving to Ligue 2 side Troyes at age 16. After climbing his way through the club's U19 and reserve teams, his first season in the Ligue 1 saw him win the starting spot for Troyes, before moving on to Bordeaux. After his move to the Girondins was made permanent, Bernardoni spent four years waiting to reclaim his first team place, meanwhile playing with Bordeaux's reserves and going out loan to Clermont and Nîmes. Following three full seasons at the professional level, he was signed by Angers, who broke their club transfer record with €7.5 million. In 2022, Bernardoni joined Saint-Étienne on a six-month loan.
Bernardoni has represented France at the youth levels, from under-17 to under-21, as well as the Olympic under-23 level. He has won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the under-19s, beating Italy 4–0 in the final.
Early life
Bernardoni was born in Évry, in the Essonne department, near Paris.[citation needed]
Club career
Early career
Bernardoni started playing football at the nearby club of AS Lieusaint at the age of 8, where he stayed for 6 years, before moving up to Linas-Montlhéry.[citation needed]
Troyes
2013–14 season
After 2 years at Linas-Montlhéry, Bernardoni finally left the Île-de-France and moved to
2014–15 season
Bernardoni had earned the starting spot under the goalposts for the newly promoted reserves, as he played 21 games in France's fourth division.[citation needed] The 2014–15 season opened on 16 August against Moulins, which Troyes' reserves won 1–0, earning Bernardoni his first clean sheet of the season; he would go on to keep his goal clean a total of 4 times for the reserves. Bernardoni would temporarily lose his position to first team players Matthieu Dreyer and Franck Grandel, before taking their spot on the bench on 29 November, as Troyes faced Angers, behind starting man Denis Petrić, who kept the net clean, as Troyes went on to win 3–0. Bernardoni was given the number 40 at Troyes, starting with this call-up.[citation needed]
Following his first taste of
2015–16 season
Bernardoni played the opener of Troyes' return to the top flight, due to main man Denis Petrić suffering from a strained thigh muscle, as the team drew Gazélec Ajaccio 0–0 on 8 August.[citation needed] Once again, Bernardoni had debuted with a clean sheet; one of only 3 to be recorded by Troyes during the season. Petrić was back for the next game, against Nice, and Bernardoni returned to the bench, even playing 3 games with the reserves during the following period.[citation needed]
Following a terrible start, ESTAC stood at 4 points after 10 games, with 4 draws and 6 losses, some with heavy scorelines.[citation needed] This incentivised coach Jean-Marc Furlan to shake-up the team by switching the starting line-up around, and Bernardoni returned to the number 1 spot.[citation needed] Starting with the game against Bordeaux, he would start all subsequent games up to the end of January. During this period, Bernardoni played his first Coupe de la Ligue game, against Lille on 28 October, which Troyes lost 2–1, being thus knocked out. Bernardoni's presence on the bench of a Ligue 1 team did, however, help him get called up to the U-19 national team.[citation needed]
Coach Furlan's changes didn't prove enough, however, and Troyes remained at the bottom of the table. His replacement with
Bordeaux
Initial loan
After Cédric Carrasso, who had been Bordeaux's starting goalkeeper for 7 years straight, suffered an ACL rupture near the end of the Winter transfer window, the Girondins rushed to find a replacement, overlooking second-choice Jérôme Prior. [citation needed]The club chose Bernardoni, who had stood out among last-place Troyes' team, and signed him on loan until the end of the season.[citation needed] Bernardoni played his first game for Bordeaux on February 3, just 3 days after signing his contract, as the team suffered a 3–0 loss to Lyon.[8] In fact, heavy losses followed Bernardoni to his new club, as he picked up the ball from the back of the net 4 times each in 4 more separate matches.[citation needed]
As Bordeaux stagnated in the middle of the season, coach
Bordeaux's performances improved as the season came to a close, and the club finished 11th in the
2016–17 season
Carrasso's recovery and the arrival of
Loan to Clermont
Benoît Costil's arrival at Bordeaux signalled Bernardoni's further sidelining, and despite Carrasso's contract expiring in September (he would later join Turkish side Galatasaray), Bernardoni sought after a club where he would be the starting goalkeeper. This he found in Ligue 2 side Clermont, whom he joined on a 1-year loan, taking the number 40 shirt.[9]
Bernardoni's season at Clermont turned out to be the most crucial season of his career at the time. The Lanciers were looking for a replacement, after their starting goalkeeper,
Loan to Nîmes
Prior's departure from Bordeaux seemed to open up a spot behind Costil, yet despite Bernardoni's performance in the previous season, manager Gus Poyet preferred the homegrown Gaëtan Poussin. Bernardoni searched for a new club, this time landing a 1-year loan with Ligue 1 side Nîmes, a step up from Clermont.[11]
As Nîmes were a freshly-promoted team to the Ligue 1, manager Bernard Blaquart jumped on the opportunity to sign Bernardoni on loan, sidelining the previous season's starting man, Baptiste Valette. His clean debut streak finally ended, as his first game with the Crocodiles on 11 August against Angers ended 4–3 to Nîmes.[12] In fact, his first clean sheet wouldn't come until the 7th game, against Guingamp on 26 September, a goalless draw; he would go on to register 9 more. This season also included Bernardoni's first Coupe de France game, as Nîmes lost 3–0 to Lyon Duchère on 5 January 2019, at the Round of 64. Nîmes placed 9th at the end of the season, 5 places above Bordeaux. Bernardoni had successfully built upon his performance at Clermont, and Bordeaux extended his contract by a further 2 years, to the end of the 2022–23 season.[13]
In the time Bernardoni spent on loan, Costil's position at Bordeaux had been cemented, and he had been given the captain's armband. Thus Bernardoni would have to fight Poussin for a spot on the bench. Seeking to build yet further on his 2 full seasons, and despite his new contract, Bernardoni decided to re-join Nîmes, this time on a 2-year loan, where his starting position was guaranteed.[13]
Bernardoni's second season at Nîmes would prove quite underwhelming. On 11 August, the opener against Paris Saint-Germain ended in a 3–0 defeat, yet the team's image improved over the next games. However, on a 6 October fixture against Lille, Bernardoni sprained his ankle just before half-time.[14] This would result in him missing 3 matches, his first injury-related absence during his professional career.[citation needed] After his return to the team, Bernardoni would see 10 out of the 16 games remaining ending in defeat, including a 6–0 defeat at the hands of his parent club Bordeaux; this remains his heaviest defeat. Despite this, Bernardoni still managed 6 clean sheets during the season.[citation needed] Ultimately the season would be cut short, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and so would his loan to Nîmes, who placed 18th and avoided relegation only due their play-off against Ajaccio was cancelled.[citation needed]
Angers
The situation at Bordeaux not having changed, Bernardoni sought a permanent move to a different team, where he could have guaranteed playing time, and Bordeaux placed him on the transfer market. Angers came in with an offer of €7.5 million, a record fee for the club, and Bernardoni left Bordeaux after 4.5 years, signing on for 4 years, to the end of the 2023–24 season.[15][16][17]
Following
Loan to Saint-Étienne
On 5 January 2022, Bernardoni signed for Saint-Étienne on a loan until the end of the season.[19]
Konyaspor
On August 1, 2023, he signed with Süper Lig club Konyaspor.[20]
Yverdon-Sport
In January 2024, Bernardoni joined Swiss Super League club Yverdon-Sport on a contract until the end of the season.[21]
International career
Under-17 national team
Bernardoni's first call-up came thanks to his performances with
Under-18 national team
Bernardoni's "graduation" to the reserve team couldn't be paired with a similar "graduation" to the under-19 team, and he had to go through the transitional France national under-18 football team, where he'd play 5 friendly games.[3]
Under-19 national team
As a Ligue 1 player, Bernardoni was one of the favourites to be called up by Ludovic Batelli, as the France national under-19 football team played through the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[citation needed] This was confirmed and Bernardoni was joined by Nantes' Quentin Braat.[citation needed] France hosted Group 10, where they placed a comfortable 1st, after beating Liechtenstein 3–1 on 7 October and Gibraltar 9-0 2 days later, a match which Bernardoni sat out in favour of Braat. He was back, however, for the next match on 12 October, which ended a 1–1 draw with the Netherlands.[citation needed]
Bernardoni was back for the elite round, which saw France cruise through Group 7, with an aggregate goal difference of 6 for, 0 against. This translated to 3 clean sheets for Bernardoni, who successfully defended his net against Montenegro on 24 March, Denmark 2 days later, and hosts Serbia on the 29th, 1–0, 4–0, and 1–0, respectively.[citation needed]
For the final tournament in July, Bernardoni would once again be the starting goalkeeper. In the group stage, France started off on the wrong foot, losing 1–2 to England on the 12th, however they immediately bounced back, beating Croatia with a score of 2–0 on the 15th and the Netherlands with a staggering 5–1 on the 18th.[citation needed]
On the 21st, France played Portugal for the semi-final. Portugal took a 3rd-minute lead from a set piece, but France managed to come back, thanks to 2 goals and 1 assist by Kylian Mbappé. The final on the 24th against Italy was a different story, as France was the team to take an early lead, which was then extended to a 4–0 victory, as France became European champions, earning Bernardoni his first title.[citation needed]
Under-20 national team
Coach Batelli followed a season-by-season progression from U-18s to U-20s, and this allowed him to take Bernardoni on the same path, especially after he played an important part in winning the
Under-21 national team
Bernardoni kept moving upwards, as
Under-23 national team
France's participation in the
Career statistics
- As of match played 23 October 2022[2]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Troyes B
|
2013–14
|
CFA 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | CFA | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | CFA | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||||
Troyes
|
2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Bordeaux (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Bordeaux | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Bordeaux B | 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Clermont (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
Nîmes (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
Total | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 66 | 0 | |||
Angers | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 0 | ||||
Angers B | 2021–22 | National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
Career total | 242 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
Honours
Troyes
France U19
Individual
References
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: France" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b "France - P. Bernardoni - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Fédération Française de Football".
- ^ "Journal l'Est Eclair".
- ^ "ESTAC Troyes - Site officiel - Paul Bernardoni, officiellement professionnel". www.estac.fr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Journal l'Est Eclair".
- ^ "Paul Bernardoni est seulement prêté à Bordeaux par Troyes".
- ^ "Bordeaux sombre à Lyon (3–0), le gardien Bernardoni rate ses débuts". 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Paul Bernardoni prêté par Bordeaux à Clermont".
- ^ "Diego Rigonato meilleur joueur de L2, Bernardoni élu meilleur gardien". 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Paul Bernardoni prêté à Nîmes (Officiel)".
- ^ "Angers vs. Nîmes - 11 août 2018 - Soccerway".
- ^ a b "Transferts : Paul Bernardoni prolonge à Bordeaux et retourne en prêt à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Ligue 1 : Paul Bernardoni (Nîmes) absent au moins cinq semaines".
- ^ "Official | Angers buy Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux for a record €8m". Get French Football News. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Football. Mercato : Bernardoni, Subasic, Lopez… les cinq infos qu'il ne fallait pas manquer ce lundi". Ouest France (in French). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Transferts : Paul Bernardoni (Bordeaux) rejoint Angers".
- ^ "Football. Angers-SCO : Moulin fait une mise au point concernant le cas Butelle". 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Official | Saint-Étienne sign goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni on loan from Angers". Get French Football News. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Fransız kaleci Paul Bernardoni 2 yıl Konyaspor'da". yenimeram.com.tr (in Turkish). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "PAUL BERNARDONI S'ENGAGE À YVERDON SPORT!" [PAUL BERNARDONI COMMITS TO YVERDON SPORT!]. www.yverdonsport.ch (in French). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
- Paul Bernardoni at the French Football Federation (in French)