Jonatan Berg

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Jonatan Berg
Personal information
Full name Anders Kenneth Jonatan Berg
Date of birth (1985-05-09) 9 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Torsby, Sweden
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
IFK Velen
Torsby IF
2002–2004 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008 IFK Göteborg 26 (3)
2006GAIS (loan) 15 (1)
2007Trelleborgs FF (loan) 11 (1)
2009–2010 Gefle IF 31 (3)
2010–2011 Taranto 0 (0)
2012 Varbergs BoIS 27 (2)
2013–2015 IK Sirius 40 (8)
Total150(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anders Kenneth Jonatan Berg (born 9 May 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His natural position was on the central midfield, but he also worked well as a right winger.

Career

After playing for his local club and Torsby IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2002. After a couple of years his younger brother Marcus Berg (now being a player for the national team of Sweden) also joined IFK Göteborg. Jonatan wasn't a pick for the starting line up and therefore he went to loan in 2006 to the Gothenburg rival of GAIS where he played as a starter. In 2007, he went on loan to Trelleborgs FF in 2007. In 2008, he stayed at IFK Göteborg but played only 9 games, of which 7 was as a starter. In 2009, he moved on to Gefle IF. There, he became an important player with great teamwork and being good on set pieces. In July 2010, after having a trial he moved on to Italy and Serie C1, joining Taranto which w aiming to reach Serie B.


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