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Jan Berg (footballer, born 1943)

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Jan Berg
Personal information
Full name Jan "Julle" Berg
Date of birth (1943-05-11)11 May 1943
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Date of death 14 August 2005(2005-08-14) (aged 62)
Place of death Bærum, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1971 Lyn 139 (38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan "Julle" Berg (11 May 1943 – 14 August 2005[1]) was a Norwegian footballer.

He played his entire career for his hometown team FK Lyn, and won the Norwegian First Division in 1964 and 1968 as well as the Norwegian Football Cup in 1967 and 1968.

He played 190 matches and scored 57 goals for Lyn from 1960 to 1971, including six matches in 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup where Lyn reached the quarter-final.[2]

After his retirement, Berg was the head coach of Lyn from 1977 to 1978. Jan Berg is the brother of Axel Berg

References

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  1. ^ Kamprapport: Lyn - Viking (14.08.2005), "Det markeres med ett minutts stillhet at Lyn-kjempen Jan Berg er død."
  2. ^ "Jan Berg profile". lynfotball.net (in Norwegian). FK Lyn. Retrieved 3 December 2011.