Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anders Kenneth Jonatan Berg | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1985 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | (3) |
2006 | → GAIS (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2007 | → Trelleborgs 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) |
Total | 150 | (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. [1] His natural position was on the central midfield, but he also worked well as a right winger.
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. [2]
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