Mark Sertori

Career Born in Manchester, Lancashire, Sertori played for East Manchester before signing for Stockport County in February 1987. He finished the 1987–88 season with 28 league appearances and six goals as Lincoln won the Conference championship.

He moved to York City in September 1999 for a fee of £25,000 with Sertori agreeing a two-year contract. 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.

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. In July 2002 he signed for Accrington Stanley before moving on to Hyde United in January 2003. 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. 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. 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, being one of three masseurs in England's 17-man technical staff for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His role with England continued and he was part of the England 2016 European Championship backroom staff.