Vegard Berg Johansen

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Vegard Berg Johansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-15) 15 July 1973 (age 49)
Position(s) striker
Youth career
Svolvær
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1992 Svolvær
1993−1996 Tromsdalen
1997 Haugesund 18 (4)
1997−1998 Belenenses 12 (2)
1998 Haugesund 1 (0)
1999 Lofoten
2000–2001 Tromsdalen 42 (18)
2002–2003 Tromsø 12
2004 Tromsdalen 13 (7)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Lyngen/Karnes
2008−2010 Fløya
2013–2014 Tromsø (CEO)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vegard Berg Johansen (born 15 July 1973) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

He started his football career in Svolvær. Joining Tromsdalen ahead of the 1993 season, he made his first-tier debut in 1997 for FK Haugesund. He was sold to C.F. Os Belenenses after the 1997 season, but after the 1997-98 Primeira Divisao he returned to Haugesund. In 1999 he joined his hometown football team, now called FK Lofoten. In 2000, he took yet another second spell in one of his former clubs, playing two seasons for Tromsdalen. After playing the 2002 season for Tromsø IL he was left out of the team for a year, before a third and final spell in Tromsdalen. [1] [2] [3]

He is an younger brother of Stein Berg Johansen [1] and Ørjan Berg Johansen. [4]

Ahead of the 2006 season he became the head coach of Lyngen/Karnes IL. [5] After the 2007 season he went on to IF Fløya, [6] lasting through 2010. [7] From early 2013 [8] to early 2014 he was the chief executive officer of Tromsø Fotball. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Anthonsen, Hugo; Salomonsen, Per (10 October 2009). "Vegard Berg Johansen" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. Vegard Berg Johansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. Vegard Berg Johansen at WorldFootball.net
  4. Hole, Arne (11 April 1995). "Fra Friggs guttelag til 2. div". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 8.
  5. "Vegard Berg-Johansen". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 15 December 2005.
  6. "Berg Johansen skal gi Fløya et løft". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 25 October 2007.
  7. "Slutter i Fløya". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 29 September 2010.
  8. "Ny arena og flere på kamp". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 17 January 2013.
  9. Olaussen, Leif-Morten (26 March 2014). "Derfor måtte TIL-sjefen gå". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 November 2019.