Leonardo Bertone

Leonardo Bertone
Bertone with FC Cincinnati in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994
Place of birth Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Luzern
Number 6
Youth career
–2014 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Young Boys 131 (16)
2019 FC Cincinnati 25 (1)
2020 Thun 16 (1)
2020–2022 Waasland-Beveren 52 (4)
2022–2026 Thun 122 (27)
2026– Luzern 3 (0)
International career
2012 Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2012–2013 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2013–2015 Switzerland U20 3 (1)
2013–2016 Switzerland U21 13 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026

Leonardo Bertone (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Luzern.[1]

Club career

Bertone with Young Boys in 2014

Bertone was born in Wohlen bei Bern. He made his league debut during the 2011–12 season, his only appearance that season.

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[2]

On 18 December 2018, it was announced that Bertone would join FC Cincinnati ahead of their inaugural 2019 season in Major League Soccer.[3] On 2 March 2019, Bertone scored FC Cincinnati's first goal in the MLS.

After just one season with Cincinnati, Bertone returned to Switzerland on 13 January 2020, joining Swiss Super League side FC Thun on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4]

On 16 September 2020, he changed teams once again, joining Jupiler Pro League team Waasland-Beveren on a three-year contract.[5]

After returning to Thun in 2022, he helped them win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[6]

On 19 June 2026, Bertone signed a two-season contract with Luzern.[7]

International career

Bertone was born in Switzerland to an Italian-German father, and Spanish-German mother. He was a youth international for Switzerland.[8]

Honours

Young Boys

Thun

References

  1. ↑ Leonardo Bertone at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "FCC Acquires Swiss Super League Champion Bertone". FC Cincinnati. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Cincinnati, F. C. "Bertone Transferred to FC Thun of the Swiss Super League". FC Cincinnati.
  5. ↑ "Welkom op de Freethiel, Leonardo Bertone!". 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
  7. ↑ "Der FC Luzern verpflichtet Leonardo Bertone" [FC Luzern signs Leonardo Bertone] (in German). FC Luzern. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Ruch, Fabian (17 October 2015). "Der Hürdenüberwinder". Berner Zeitung. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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