Editing Runar Berg

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Runar Berg
| image = Runar Berg.jpg
| upright = 0.7
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| height = 1.79 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1989
| youthclubs1 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| years1 = 1989
| clubs1 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1990
| clubs2 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1991
| clubs3 = [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1992–1996
| clubs4 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| caps4 = 111
| goals4 = 29
| years5 = 1997–1999
| clubs5 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| caps5 = 69
| goals5 = 13
| years6 = 1999–2001
| clubs6 = [[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]]
| caps6 = 30
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2001
| clubs7 = → [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn]] (loan)
| caps7 = 23
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2002–2010
| clubs8 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| caps8 = 204
| goals8 = 41
| nationalyears1 = 1986
| nationalteam1 = Norway U15
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1987
| nationalteam2 = Norway U16
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1988
| nationalteam3 = Norway U18
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1994–2003
| nationalteam4 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 0
}}

'''Runar Berg''' (born 7 October 1970) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He played for [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]], [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]], [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]], [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn]], and [[Venezia F.C.|Venezia]]. Berg is brother of former Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg player [[Ørjan Berg]], and son of former Bodø/Glimt midfielder and playmaker [[Harald Berg]].

==Personal life==
Berg was born in [[The Hague]], Netherlands, when his father [[Harald Berg]] played for [[ADO Den Haag]]. He is the brother of footballers [[Ørjan Berg]] and [[Arild Berg]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/eliteserien/article89879.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Her er fotballfedrene |publisher=Stavanger Aftenblad |first=Eivind |last=Aarre |date=13 September 2007 |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223040151/http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/eliteserien/article89879.ece |archive-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> as well as musician [[Terje Berg]]. Berg is also the nephew of Norwegian folk-singer [[Terje Nilsen]].{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

==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 [[FK Bodø/Glimt|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, Berg returned to Rosenborg. In 1999, Berg made a move to [[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]], playing in the [[Serie A]]. The club had financial problems, however, and was relegated. Berg moved back to Norway on loan to Lyn, before returning "home" to [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] in 2001. He announced his retirement in September 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2sporten.no/fotball/adeccoligaen/17aarig-glimttalent-fikk-runar-berg-til-aa-legge-opp-paa-dagen-3294067.html|title=Runar Berg legger opp|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=20 September 2010|language=Norwegian|access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref>

Berg is considered a club legend at [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]. In the 2009 season, when the club had financial problems, Berg played for free. Being the best paid player at the club, Berg did not only give up his ~100,000 euro/year salary, but also started a fund-raiser among local businesses to help save the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.an.no/glimt/article4079586.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Runar spiller gratis for Glimt |publisher=Avisa Nordland |date=27 January 2009 |access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nordicfootball.info/2009/02/02/the-curious-case-of-runar-berg/#more-301 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130430123427/http://www.nordicfootball.info/2009/02/02/the-curious-case-of-runar-berg/%23more-301 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2013 |title=The Curious Case of Runar Berg |publisher=Nordic Football News |date=2 February 2009 |access-date=8 July 2013 }}</ref> Berg has also earlier donated money to the club, as well as other sport clubs in the area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2006/09/26/477888.html |language=Norwegian |title=Berg gir bort 100 000 kroner av lønna |publisher=Dagbladet |date=26 September 2006 |access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, Berg made a comeback for local amateur side [[IK Junkeren|Junkeren]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.an.no/sport/article5969688.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Gjør comeback |publisher=Avisa Nordland |date=13 March 2012 |access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref>

==International career==
Berg made his debut for [[Norway national football team|Norway]] in a January 1994 friendly match against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], coming on as a late substitute for [[Kjetil Rekdal]] and earned 5 caps, scoring no goals.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027121446/http://geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html Norway – International Players] – Landslaget</ref>
His final international match was a November 2003 European Championship qualifying match against [[Spain national football team|Spain]], again coming on as a late substitute, for [[Martin Andresen]].

==Career statistics==
{{Updated|17 May 2013}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Club
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
|[[1990 Norwegian First Division|1990]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|10||0||0||0||10||0
|-
|[[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]
|[[1991 Tippeligaen|1991]]
|Tippeligaen
|18||2||0||0||18||2
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
|[[1992 Norwegian First Division|1992]]
|[[Adeccoligaen]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[1993 Tippeligaen|1993]]
|rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
|22||11||0||0||22||11
|-
|[[1994 Tippeligaen|1994]]
|21||5||0||0||21||5
|-
|[[1995 Tippeligaen|1995]]
|24||2||0||0||24||2
|-
|[[1996 Tippeligaen|1996]]
|24||5||0||0||24||5
|-
|rowspan="3"|Rosenborg
|[[1997 Tippeligaen|1997]]
|rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen
|25||6||0||0||25||6
|-
|[[1998 Tippeligaen|1998]]
|26||4||3||2||27||4
|-
|[[1999 Tippeligaen|1999]]
|18||3||4||0||22||3
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[F.B.C. Unione Venezia|Venezia]]
|[[1999–2000 Serie A|1999–2000]]
|[[Serie A]]
|28||2||0||0||28||2
|-
|[[2000–01 Serie B|2000–01]]
|[[Serie B]]
|2||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]]
|[[2001 Tippeligaen|2001]]
|Tippeligaen
|23||3||2||0||25||3
|-
|rowspan="9"|Bodø/Glimt
|[[2002 Tippeligaen|2002]]
|rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
|23||5||2||1||25||6
|-
|[[2003 Tippeligaen|2003]]
|21||8||5||3||26||11
|-
|[[2004 Tippeligaen|2004]]
|20||4||4||4||24||8
|-
|[[2005 Tippeligaen|2005]]
|22||6||4||1||26||7
|-
|[[2006 Norwegian First Division|2006]]
|rowspan="2"|Adeccoligaen
|22||8||2||0||24||8
|-
|[[2007 Norwegian First Division|2007]]
|29||4||2||0||31||4
|-
|[[2008 Norwegian First Division|2008]]
|rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen
|25||1||2||0||27||1
|-
|[[2009 Norwegian First Division|2009]]
|24||0||3||0||27||0
|-
|[[2010 Norwegian First Division|2010]]
|Adeccoligaen
|18||5||0||0||18||5
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!445!!84!!33!!11!!478!!95
|}

== Honours ==
'''Rosenborg'''
* [[Norwegian top division]]: [[1990 Tippeligaen|1990]], [[1997 Tippeligaen|1997]], [[1998 Tippeligaen|1998]], [[1999 Tippeligaen|1999]]
* [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1990 Norwegian Football Cup|1990]], [[1999 Norwegian Football Cup|1999]]

'''Bodø/Glimt'''
* [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1993 Norwegian Football Cup|1993]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=4952}}

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