Bruno George Berner (born 21 November 1977) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player.
He spent most of his career playing for Grasshopper Club Zürich, SC Freiburg, FC Basel and Leicester City.
A last-minute goal from Zürich's Iulian Filipescu meant the final score was 1–2 in favour of the away team and it gave FCZ their first national championship since 1980–81.
In the second qualifying round they were drawn against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein, narrowly progressing on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw.
[14] On 12 September 2008, Berner joined Leicester City on a three-year contract and was issued the number 31 shirt.
[14] He made his debut in a Football League Trophy match against Lincoln City at the Walkers Stadium on 23 September, drawing 0–0 but winning 3–1 on penalties.
[19] After Leicester reached sixth in the table by 12 September, it came as no surprise to Berner, who insisted their promising start to the season is no more than they expected.
[23] He scored a goal and assisted another in a 3–0 win over Nottingham Forest on 27 February 2010,[24] helping the club finish the month undefeated.
[26] In the 2010–11 season, Berner revealed with reluctance the likelihood he would leave the club in the January transfer window due to lack of regular football, having lost his place to loanee Greg Cunningham.
[28] Cunningham's loan soon ended due to injury and despite Berner being offered a new contract, he still maintained the possibility of leaving, having received interest from "a few Championship clubs".
[30] However, Berner announced his retirement from professional football on 1 March 2012 after failing to make an appearance for the Foxes in the 2011–12 season.
[33] Despite being hopeful of winning his place back in the national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Berner was not among the 23 players selected on 11 May 2010.
[35] In June 2017, Berner left FC Tuggen to take up the role of first team manager at Swiss Challenge League club SC Kriens.
[37] At the time of his departure from Winterthur, he still had one year left on his contract,[38] but neither club made the details of this appointment public.