Christophe Berra

Christophe Berra
Berra playing for Ipswich Town in 2015
Personal information
Full name Christophe Didier Berra[1]
Date of birth (1985-01-31) 31 January 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back[4]
Youth career
2002–2004 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Heart of Midlothian 123 (4)
2009–2013 Wolverhampton Wanderers 141 (0)
2013–2017 Ipswich Town 174 (14)
2017–2021 Heart of Midlothian 90 (3)
2020Dundee (loan) 6 (0)
2021–2022 Raith Rovers 26 (0)
Total 560 (21)
International career
2005–2006 Scotland U21[5] 5 (0)
2007 Scotland B 1 (0)
2008–2017 Scotland 41 (4)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Raith Rovers (first team coach)
2023 Livingston (first team coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christophe Didier Berra (born 31 January 1985) is a Scottish professional football former player and coach.

Berra began his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, playing 146 times for them before he moved to England in 2009 in a £2.5 million transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was part of their promotion to the Premier League months later and played in the top flight with the team for three seasons before relegation. His contract was not renewed in 2013, after which he signed for Ipswich Town. Berra made 174 league appearances in four years with Ipswich before rejoining Hearts in 2017. In April 2021, he signed a two-year pre contract agreement with Raith Rovers. After just over a poor season of playing for Raith and becoming a coach, Berra announced his retirement in July 2022.

  1. ^ "List of players given a free transfer: Ipswich Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 95. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Christophe Berra". ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Christophe Berra: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Chris Berra". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Christophe Berra". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.