Jo Inge Berget

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Jo Inge Berget
Jo Inge Berget (2015).jpg
Berget with Malmö FF in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jo Inge Berget [1]
Date of birth (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Hadeland, Norway [2] [3]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [4]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Sarpsborg 08
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2008 Lyn
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Lyn 2 (0)
2008–2011 Udinese 0 (0)
2009 → Lyn (loan) 27 (5)
2010–2011 → Strømsgodset (loan) 31 (8)
2011–2014 Molde 63 (17)
2014–2015 Cardiff City 1 (0)
2014 → Celtic (loan) 4 (2)
2015–2017 Malmö FF 77 (25)
2018 New York City FC 23 (4)
2019–2022 Malmö FF 96 (15)
2023– Sarpsborg 08 13 (7)
International career‡
2009–2013 Norway U21 22 (7)
2012–2017 Norway 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08. He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, and made his debut for the Norway national team in 2012.

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Club career

Early career

Berget started his career at Lyn and played twice before left the club. He signed a reported three-year contract with Udinese in July 2008. [5] The club also signed team-mate Odion Ighalo and they started out playing in the Primavera U20 team.

In March 2009, he was loaned back to Lyn until 2 August. [6] In December 2009, he was loaned to Strømsgodset for one year. [7] In January 2011, his loan was extended to 31 December 2011, but the loan deal was terminated when Berget was sold to Molde in July 2011. [8]

Molde

Berget signed a three-year deal with Molde in September 2011. Berget made his debut for Molde in a 1–0 win home against Lillestrøm, replacing Mattias Moström in the 74th minute. He scored his first goal in the title-deciding match against Tromsø, where Molde FK celebrated the first league championship in the history of the club. Molde won the 2013 Norwegian Cup after rivals Rosenborg was defeated 4–2 in the final. Jo Inge Berget scored Molde's 2–2 equalizing goal in the 71st minute of the game. [9]

Cardiff City and Celtic

On 24 January 2014, he signed for Cardiff City, to once again play under the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who was previously his boss at Molde. [10] He made his debut on 15 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup, starting in a 1–2 home defeat to holders Wigan Athletic. [11] A week later he made his Premier League debut in his only other game for the Bluebirds, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Fraizer Campbell at the end of a 0–4 home defeat to Hull City. [12] Cardiff finished the season in 20th position and were relegated to the Championship.

Berget signed a short-term loan deal with Celtic in July 2014, with the option of making the deal permanent in January 2015. [13] He scored twice as Celtic beat Dundee United 6–1 on his home debut. [14] His loan expired on 1 January 2015 and having returned to Cardiff, he left two weeks later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. [15]

Malmö FF

On 19 January 2015 he signed a three-year-long contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF. [16] On 19 August 2015, he scored a brace against former club Celtic, in a 3–2 defeat at Celtic Park in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs. [17] He also featured heavily with hard work on the wing in the return leg as Malmö overturned the deficit to win 2–0, rendering Malmö's qualification to the group stage.

New York City FC

On 19 January 2018, Berget signed with Major League Soccer side New York City FC. [18] After just one season in MLS, Berget and New York City mutually parted ways. [19]

Return to Malmö FF

In March 2019, Berget signed a three-year contract with Malmö FF. [20]

Sarpsborg

On 31 August 2023, Berget signed a contract with Sarpsborg 08, for the rest of the 2023-season. [21]

International career

Berget made his debut for Norway on 18 January 2012 at the 2012 King's Cup in Thailand, playing the first half of a 1–0 win over the hosts at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok. [22]

Career statistics

Jo Inge Berget playing for Lyn in 2009. Jo Inge Berget - 2009-09-27 at 19-24-15.jpg
Jo Inge Berget playing for Lyn in 2009.

Club

As of 19 July 2024 [23]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyn 2008 Tippeligaen 2000—20
Udinese 2008–09 Serie A 0000—00
Lyn (loan) 2009 Tippeligaen27500—275
Strømsgodset (loan) 2010 Tippeligaen18620—206
2011 Tippeligaen132002 [lower-alpha 2] 0152
Total3182020358
Molde 2011 Tippeligaen10200—102
2012 Tippeligaen288419 [lower-alpha 3] 34112
2013 Tippeligaen257416 [lower-alpha 4] 0358
Total6317821538622
Cardiff City 2013–14 Premier League 1010—20
Celtic (loan) 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 42004 [lower-alpha 5] 082
Malmö FF 2015 Allsvenskan 2795412 [lower-alpha 6] 24415
2016 Allsvenskan25676—3212
2017 Allsvenskan2510112 [lower-alpha 6] 02811
Total7725131114210438
New York City FC 2018 MLS 2341 [lower-alpha 7] 0—244
Malmö FF 2019 Allsvenskan2421111 [lower-alpha 2] 1364
2020 Allsvenskan236404 [lower-alpha 2] 2318
2021 Allsvenskan2754012 [lower-alpha 6] 1436
2022 Allsvenskan2227111 [lower-alpha 6] 0403
Total961516238415021
Sarpsborg 08 2023 Eliteserien7400—74
2024 Eliteserien6310—73
Total1371000147
Career total327834214739452109
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Svenska Cupen, FA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ↑ Appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs

International

Berget playing for Norway U21 in 2011. Jo Inge Berget (Stromsgodset IF) - Norway national under-21 football team (02).jpg
Berget playing for Norway U21 in 2011.
As of match played 14 November 2017 [22]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201210
201310
201420
201561
201661
201740
Total202

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first. [24]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2015 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1–02–0 [1] 2016 UEFA Euro Qualification
2.29 March 2016Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–02–0 Friendly

1 Berget scored both goals, but the second one was credited as Vedran Ćorluka own goal.

Honours

Strømsgodset

Molde

Malmö FF

Norway U21

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