Roy Wassberg

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Roy Wassberg
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-09-28) 28 September 1970 (age 52)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1993 SK Brann [1] 85 (3)
1994 Fyllingen - (-)
1994–1995 Ethnikos Piraeus 46 (0)
1996–1998 Panionios F.C. 22 (0)
1998–2004 Brann [2] 116 (4)
2004–2007 Fyllingen 69 (1)
International career
1990–1991 Norway U21 7 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Fyllingen
2020–2021 Fyllingsdalen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2008

Roy Wassberg (born 28 September 1970) is a Norwegian footballer, most known for his two runs in SK Brann.

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Wassberg first played for Brann between 1989 and 1993, before he transferred to the "other team" from Bergen, Fyllingen. Later that season his dream of playing football in Europe came true when he left his home city to play ball in Greece. Wassberg spent four years in Greece, where he won the 1996-97 Beta Ethniki and the 1997-98 Greek Cup with Panionios NFC. Wassberg later returned to Bergen and Brann where he played for the next seven seasons, and captained in 2003. [3]

In the middle of the 2004 season, Wassberg was released from Brann, and he decided to return to his motherclub, Fyllingen. [4] In the 2006 pre-season, Wassberg was appointed the new head coach in Fyllingen, whilst still playing for the club. [5] He managed Fyllingen's successor club FK Fyllingsdalen in 2020 and 2021. [6]

Personal life

Wassberg is the son-in-law of the former football manager and player Roald Jensen, and the father of the current player Niklas Jensen Wassberg. [7]

Honours

Panionios

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References

  1. ↑ Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. pp. 242–246. ISBN   978-82-516-2658-3.
  2. ↑ Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. pp. 251–257. ISBN   978-82-516-2658-3.
  3. ↑ "Wassberg vrakes som kaptein | ba-avis.no". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  4. ↑ [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Wassberg tar over Fyllingen | bt.no". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  6. ↑ Haaland, Bernt-Erik (17 November 2021). "Roy Wassberg gir seg i Fyllingsdalen". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). p. 43.
  7. ↑ Oredam, Michael Breines (2 April 2021). "Følger i sin fars og bestefar Kniksens fotspor" (in Norwegian). Sporten.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Panionios Cup in 1998". gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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