Jo Inge Berget

Jo Inge Berget

Berget playing for Malmö FF in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Jo Inge Berget[1]
Date of birth	11 September 1990
Place of birth	Hadeland, Norway[2][3]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Club information
Current team	Malmö FF
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2008	Lyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(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–	Malmö FF	32	(11)
National team^‡
2009–2013	Norway U21	22	(7)
2012–	Norway	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan.

He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland and Sweden, and made his debut for the Norway national team in 2012.

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.^[4] 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.^[5] In December 2009, he was loaned to Strømsgodset for one year.^[6] 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.^[7]

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 their first league championship.

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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] Cardiff finished the season with relegation.

Berget signed a short-term loan deal with Celtic in July 2014, with the option of making the deal permanent in January 2015.^[11] He scored twice as Celtic beat Dundee United 6–1 on his home debut.^[12] His loan expired on 1 January 2015 and having returned to Cardiff, he left two weeks later by mutual consent.^[13]

Berget playing for Malmö FF in 2015.

Malmö FF

On 19 January 2015 he signed a three-year-long contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.

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.^[16]

Career statistics

Jo Inge Berget playing for Lyn in 2009.

Club

As of 18 April 2016^[17]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyn	2008	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Udinese	2008–09	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lyn	2009	27	5	0	0	—		27	5
	Total	27	5	0	0	0	0	27	5
Strømsgodset	2010	18	6	2	0	—		20	6
	2011	13	2	0	0	2	0	15	2
	Total	31	8	2	0	2	0	35	8
Molde	2011	10	2	0	0	—		10	2
	2012	28	8	4	1	9	3	41	12
	2013	25	7	4	1	6	0	35	8
	Total	63	17	8	2	15	3	86	22
Cardiff City	2013–14	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
	Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Celtic	2014–15	4	2	0	0	4	0	8	2
	Total	4	2	0	0	4	0	8	2
Malmö FF	2015	27	9	4	2	12	2	43	13
	2016	4	2	6	7	0	0	10	9
	Total	31	11	10	9	12	2	53	22
Career Total		159	43	21	11	33	5	213	59

International

As of match played 29 March 2016^[16]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2012	1	0
	2013	1	0
	2014	2	0
	2015	6	1
	2016	2	1
Total		12	2

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.^[18]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 September 2015	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Croatia	1–0	2–0	2016 UEFA Euro Qualification
2.	29 March 2016	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Finland	1–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Molde

• Tippeligaen: 2011, 2012
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2010, 2013

References

1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
2. "Jo Inge Berget". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. "Jo Inge Berget". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
4. "Fordel å ha vært i Lyn" (in Norwegian). lyn.no. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
5. "Hjem til Lyn" (in Norwegian). lyn.no. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
6. Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
7. "Solskjær henter Jo Inge Berget til Molde" (in Norwegian). TV2. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
8. "Cardiff City sign Norway forward Jo Inge Berget". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
9. "Cardiff 1-2 Wigan". BBC Sport. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
10. Westall, Rob (22 February 2014). "Cardiff 0-4 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
11. Esplin, Ronnie (2014-07-29). "Celtic signing Jo Inge Berget is a 'perfect match' for the club, says boss Ronny Deila | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
12. "Celtic sign Cardiff striker Jo Inge Berget on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
13. "Cardiff City: Norwegian striker Jo Inge Berget departs". bbc.com. BBC. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
14. "Välkommen till MFF, Jo Inge Berget". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
15. "Celtic on top but Berget gives Malmö hope". UEFA. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
16. "Thailand vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
17. "Jo Inge Berget". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
18. "Jo Inge Berget". ESPN FC. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

External links

• Malmö FF profile (Swedish)
• SvFF profile (Swedish)
• Jo Inge Berget profile at Soccerway