Mark Sertori

Mark Anthony Sertori (born 1 September 1967) is an English former footballer. He played for numerous clubs in the lower divisions of the Football League, initially as a striker before moving to centre-back. He now works as a sports masseur for Roma.^[2]

Mark Sertori

Personal information
Full name	Mark Anthony Sertori[1]
Date of birth	(1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Defender, striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
000?–1987	East Manchester
1987	Stockport County	4	(0)
1987–1990	Lincoln City	78	(15)
1990–1994	Wrexham	110	(3)
1994–1996	Bury	13	(1)
1996	→ Witton Albion (loan)
1996–1998	Scunthorpe United	83	(2)
1998–1999	Halifax Town	45	(0)
1999–2001	York City	66	(2)
2001	Shrewsbury Town	1	(0)
2001	Cheltenham Town	10	(0)
2001–2002	Altrincham
2002–2003	Accrington Stanley
2003	Hyde United	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Manchester, Lancashire, Sertori played for East Manchester before signing for Stockport County in February 1987.^[1] He made four league appearances before signing for Football Conference side Lincoln City in 1987, who he made his debut for in a 4–2 defeat at Barnet on 22 August.^[1][3] He finished the 1987–88 season with 28 league appearances and six goals as Lincoln won the Conference championship.^[4]

He moved to York City in September 1999 for a fee of £25,000 with Sertori agreeing a two-year contract.^[5][6] In March 2001, he had three clubs in a week. He departed York for Shrewsbury Town, making a single substitute appearance, before joining Cheltenham Town.^[7]

He dropped into non-League football in the summer of 2001, joining Altrincham. In November 2001 he captained a Northern Premier League representative XI against an FA representative XI.^[8] In July 2002 he signed for Accrington Stanley before moving on to Hyde United in January 2003.^[9][10] He retired at the end of the season to concentrate on his new career as a sports masseur.

Sports masseur

At the tail-end of his professional career, Sertori enrolled on a Professional Footballers' Association-funded course at Cardiff, where he graduated as a masseur as well as qualifying in reflexology and aromatherapy.^[11] In 2003, he joined Bolton Wanderers as Sports Therapist and Masseur. He followed Sam Allardyce to Newcastle United whilst maintaining a private practice in Stockport.^[12] He is masseur at Manchester City.

England masseur

An Italian speaker, Sertori replaced the long-serving Chelsea masseur Billy McCulloch as a masseur for the England team under Fabio Capello,^[13][14] being one of three masseurs in England's 17-man technical staff for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[15] His role with England continued and he was part of the England 2016 European Championship backroom staff.^[16]