Runar Berg
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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 legendary Bodø/Glimt midfilder and playmaker Harald Berg. 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 has also been capped for Norway.
[edit] Honours
- Norwegian League Champion: 4 times
- Norwegian Cup Champion: 3 times
- Caps for Norway: 5 (0 goals)
