Andrew Bernal is a former professional football defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

, and later football agent and personal assistant for David Beckham

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...

.

Club career

Bernal had played almost 100 games of Spanish

Spain

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 club football whilst on loan to Albacete Balompié

Albacete Balompié

Albacete Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded on August 2, 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with a 17,300-seat capacity.-History:The club was founded...

 and Xerez

Xerez CD

Xerez Club Deportivo, S.A.D., usually just Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia...

 in the Spanish lower divisions after graduating from the AIS before playing most of his club football at Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

 in England

England

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, where he was part of the team that narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the 1994–95

1994-95 in English football

-Premiership:Blackburn Rovers ended their 81-year wait for the league title thanks to the strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which scored a total of more than 50 league goals. Manchester United would have made it three league titles in a row if they had been able to turn a 1-1 draw...

 season.

International career

Bernal has also played for the Australian

Australia national football (soccer) team

The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...

 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