Cédric Berthelin
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Cédric Berthelin is a French
football
player who presently plays with R.A.E.C. Mons
.
in 1999 and spent two seasons with the sang et or (literally blood and gold) making only occasional first team appearances. During the 2001/2 season he played for ASOA Valence
. Berthelin signed for Crystal Palace
in January 2003 on a free transfer following a brief period at Luton Town.
After 6 months, he was offered a 2 year contact and played regularly for the first XI. An appearance at Liverpool
for Crystal Palace in an FA Cup match bought him to national attention as Palace won 2-0 with Berthelin in outstanding form.
He lost his place shortly after Ian Dowie became manager of Crystal Palace and was a non playing member of the side that gained promotion via the 1st Division Play Off Final in 2003/4 season. Berthelin did not make any further first team appearances for Palace during their first year back in the top division of English football and left during the season to join RAEC Mons of Belgian Jupiler League
where he was appointed to the management team. He spent three and a half seasons with Mons (seasons 2004/5/6/2007)appearing in ninety league games for them before moving to Verbroedering Dender in the Belgian Top Division aka Jupiler League
in January 2008. At the start of the 2009-10 season he moved again to R.E. Mouscron
When R.E. Mouscron
collapsed in December 2009, Berthelin found himself without a club. He stopped briefly at his old clubRC Lens
where he was employed on a non contractural basis. He now plays for another of his ex clubs RAEC Mons for whom he has now made well over one hundred league appearances.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player who presently plays with R.A.E.C. Mons
R.A.E.C. Mons
R.A.E.C. Mons is a Belgian football club based in Mons, Belgium. The team was promoted to the Belgian Jupiler League recently on 29 May 2011 after beating Waasland-Beveren in a "Winner-Take-All" Test match of the Final Tour of the Belgian second division and has Re-Joined the Top Belgian League...
.
Career
Berthelin started his professional career with RC LensRC Lens
Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...
in 1999 and spent two seasons with the sang et or (literally blood and gold) making only occasional first team appearances. During the 2001/2 season he played for ASOA Valence
ASOA Valence
Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence was a French football team playing in the city of Valence, Drôme.-History:The team ended in 2005 due to financial problems...
. Berthelin signed for Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
in January 2003 on a free transfer following a brief period at Luton Town.
After 6 months, he was offered a 2 year contact and played regularly for the first XI. An appearance at Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
for Crystal Palace in an FA Cup match bought him to national attention as Palace won 2-0 with Berthelin in outstanding form.
He lost his place shortly after Ian Dowie became manager of Crystal Palace and was a non playing member of the side that gained promotion via the 1st Division Play Off Final in 2003/4 season. Berthelin did not make any further first team appearances for Palace during their first year back in the top division of English football and left during the season to join RAEC Mons of Belgian Jupiler League
Jupiler League
The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...
where he was appointed to the management team. He spent three and a half seasons with Mons (seasons 2004/5/6/2007)appearing in ninety league games for them before moving to Verbroedering Dender in the Belgian Top Division aka Jupiler League
Jupiler League
The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...
in January 2008. At the start of the 2009-10 season he moved again to R.E. Mouscron
R.E. Mouscron
R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:...
When R.E. Mouscron
R.E. Mouscron
R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:...
collapsed in December 2009, Berthelin found himself without a club. He stopped briefly at his old clubRC Lens
RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...
where he was employed on a non contractural basis. He now plays for another of his ex clubs RAEC Mons for whom he has now made well over one hundred league appearances.