Runar Berg
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989 | Bodø/Glimt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| -1989 | Bodø/Glimt | ||
| 1990 | Rosenborg | 10 | (0) |
| 1991 | Tromsø | 18 | (2) |
| 1992–1996 | Bodø/Glimt | 111 | (29) |
| 1997–1999 | Rosenborg | 69 | (13) |
| 1999–2001 | Venezia | 30 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Lyn (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| 2002–2010 | Bodø/Glimt | 200 | (41) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994-2003 | Norway | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Runar Berg (born 7 October 1970 in Den Haag, the Netherlands) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. His last club was Bodø/Glimt, and has previously played for Rosenborg, Tromsø, Lyn and Venezia.
Runar is brother of former Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg player Ørjan Berg, and son of former Bodø/Glimt midfielder and playmaker Harald Berg.
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[edit] Club career
At the start of his adult football life, Runar Berg played - as his father - at Bodø/Glimt, then playing in the 1st division. The 1988 season Bodø/Glimt got relegated to the 2nd division. Runar Berg was bought by Nils Arne Eggen to Rosenborg to play with his brother Ørjan in the 1989 season.
In 1992, Berg returned to his mother club Bodø/Glimt then again playing in the 1st division. Bodø/Glimt won the first division and gained promotion for the Norwegian top division. In 1997, Runar Berg returned to Rosenborg, but then came back to Bodø/Glimt in 2001 after a stint with Venezia and Lyn. He announced his retirement in September 2010.[1]
[edit] International career
Berg made his debut for Norway in a January 1994 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a late substitute for Kjetil Rekdal and earned 5 caps, scoring no goals.[2] His final international match was a November 2003 European Championship qualifying match against Spain, again coming on as a late substitute, for Martin Andresen.
[edit] Honours
- Norwegian Premier League:
- Winner (4): 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Norwegian Football Cup:
- Winner (3): 1990, 1993, 1999
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Runar Berg legger opp" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 September 2010. http://www.tv2sporten.no/fotball/adeccoligaen/17aarig-glimttalent-fikk-runar-berg-til-aa-legge-opp-paa-dagen-3294067.html. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ Norway - International Players - Landslaget
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from The Hague
- Norwegian footballers
- Norway international footballers
- FK Bodø/Glimt players
- Rosenborg BK players
- Tromsø IL players
- F.B.C. Unione Venezia players
- FK Lyn players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Serie A footballers
