Jan Berger

As a youth, Jan Berger played for Sparta Prague but when his father, Jan Berger Senior, signed for FC Zürich, his family moved to Switzerland and he continued his youth career with FC St. Gallen. He then moved to the youth department by Grasshopper Club Zürich, later he started his professional career with them in 1994. With Grasshopper Club Zürich, he played 2 UEFA Champions League matches in 1996 and scored 1 goal against Rangers FC. Berger joined FC Basel's first team for their 1997–98 season under head coach Jörg Berger. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 8 November 1997 as Basel won 4–1 against Kriens. He scored his first goal for the club on 1 March 1998 an away game as Basel beat Solothurn. In fact he scored two goals as Basel won 3–2. He spent just one season with the club and during this time Berger played a total of 21 games for Basel scoring just those two goals. 14 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the Swiss Cup and five were friendly games. In the summer of 1998 Berger signed for FC Aarau. Short spells at AC Bellinzona and FC Baden then followed before he moved to FC St. Gallen, where he spent three years. In the summer of 2003, he joined Czech club 1. FK Příbram on a free transfer. He played just two games in the Gambrinus liga before moving back to Switzerland to play for FC Sion. His move to Sion did not turn out so good either as he 18 reserve matches compared to his 15 first-team…

Jan has represented Czech Republic national under-21 football team on one occasion in 1997.

He is the son of former Czechoslovak international footballer Jan Berger Sr. and is the brother of footballer Tomáš, the Czech Republic international midfielder Patrik Berger is his cousin. Berger has a relationship with the Dutch royaltyreporter Sandra Schuurhof, She works for the Dutch TV-station RTL 4.

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Federation Cup: 2009