Runar Berg

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Runar Berg
Personal information
Date of birth	October 7, 1970 (1970-10-07) (age 37)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bodø/Glimt
Number	7
Youth clubs
1989	Bodø/Glimt
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990 1991 1992-1996 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001 2002-	Rosenborg Tromsø Bodø/Glimt Rosenborg Venezia → Lyn (loan) Bodø/Glimt	10 (0) 18 (2) 111 (29) 69 (13) 30 (2) 23 (3) 135 (35)
National team2
1994-2003	Norway	5 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 External links 5 References

[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.

[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.^[1]. 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

• Profile at Bodo/Glimt
• National football teams profile

[edit] References

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