Background
As a youth, January Berger played for Sparta Prague but when his father, January Berger Senior, signed for Football Club Zürich, his family moved to Switzerland and he continued his career at Football Club Saint Gallen.
As a youth, January Berger played for Sparta Prague but when his father, January Berger Senior, signed for Football Club Zürich, his family moved to Switzerland and he continued his career at Football Club Saint Gallen.
He started his professional career at Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1994 before joining Football Club Basel in 1997. He spent just one season at Basel, playing 16 games, and signed for Football Club Aarau in the summer of 1998. Short spells at Air Corps Bellinzona and Football Club Baden then followed before he moved to Football Club Saint Gallen, where he spent three years.
In the summer of 2003, he joined Czechoslovakian club 1.
FK Příbram on a free transfer. He played just two games in the Gambrinus liga before moving back to Switzerland to play for Football Club Sion.
His move to Sion did not turn out so good either as he 18 reserve matches compared to his 15 first-team matches and was loaned out to Lausanne Sports in 2005. He then played in the Swiss 1.
Liga and 2. Liga with Football Club Bulle and CS Chênois, for a short while, before returning to the Czechoslovakian Republic with FK Fotbal Třinec in 2007.
Liga in the 2007/08 season, and in July 2008, he signed for 1. Football Club Slovácko. He later headed to India, where he played for Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. and Dempo South Carolina (U.S.) before returning to Switzerland. Berger has a relationship with the Dutch royaltyreporter Sandra Schuurhof, She works for the Dutch television-station RTL 4.