Runar Berg

Infobox Football biography
playername = Runar Berg


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|10|7
cityofbirth = The Hague
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|m=1.79
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Bodø/Glimt
clubnumber = 7
youthyears = 1989
youthclubs = Bodø/Glimt
years = 1990 1991 1992-1996 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001 2002-
clubs = Rosenborg Tromsø Bodø/Glimt Rosenborg Venezia → Lyn "(loan)" Bodø/Glimt
caps(goals) = 10 (0) 18 (2) 111 (29) 69 (13) 30 (2) 23 (3) 135 (35)
nationalyears = 1994-2003
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (0)
pcupdate = 26 November 2007
ntupdate = 26 November 2007

Runar Berg (born 7 October 1970 in Den Haag, the Netherlands) is a Norwegian football midfielder. He played for F.K. Bodø/Glimt, Rosenborg B.K., Tromsø I.L., Lyn and Venezia A.C..

Runar is brother of Rosenborg player Ørjan Berg, and son of former Bodø/Glimt midfilder and playmaker Harald Berg.

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.

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. [ [http://www.geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html Norway - International Players] - Landslaget] .His final international match was a November 2003 European Championship qualifying match against Spain, again coming on as a late substitute, for Martin Andresen.

Honours

* Norwegian Premier League:
** Winner (4): 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999
* Norwegian Football Cup:
** Winner (3): 1990, 1993, 1999

External links

* [http://www.glimt.no/wips/1967315352/soccerDisplay/player/soccerId/12/template/bred/ Profile at Bodo/Glimt]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5067 National football teams profile]

References