Robin Berntsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Berntsen | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1970[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nordbotn, Norway | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Utility | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991 | Tromsø IL | 9 | (0) |
| 1992 | Vålerenga IF | ||
| 1993–1995 | Tromsdalen UIL | ||
| 1996–2001 | Tromsø IL | 137 | (8) |
| 1998 | → Port Vale (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 147+ | (8+) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robin Berntsen (born 16 July 1970) is a retired Norwegian footballer.
Playing career
Berntsen played for Norwegian club Tromsø IL and played 146 games for them in the Tippeligaen. Berntsen had played for Tromsø in his youthyears and came back in 1991 after living at Svalbard for one year.[3] He made his debut in the Tippeligaen in 1991. In 1992, when he was living in Oslo, he joined Vålerenga IF. After he moved back the following year he played three season for Tromsdalen UIL before he again joined Tromsø in 1996.[3] In 1996 he also won the Norwegian Football Cup with Tromsø.[3] He also played two European Cup Winners Cup games for them. He played both legs of round two in a 3–2 win over Chelsea on 23 October 1997 and also played in the second leg where they lost 7–1 at Stamford Bridge two weeks later, in which he was booked.[4]
He joined Port Vale on loan in November 1998[5] and played in a First Division match on 14 November 1998, in a 2–0 home defeat to Sunderland.[6] He left the club at the end of the month and returned to Tromsø.[7] He played his last game for Tromsø in October 2001,[3] and retired in the following season due to an injury.[8]
References
- ↑ "Robin Berntsen at 100% Fotball" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. 1970-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ↑ "stats". azplayers.com. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- 1 2 3 4 "Adelskalender profil" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ↑ "European Cup Winners Cup - Round 2 second leg". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ↑ Staniforth, Tommy (11 November 199). "Football: Kinsella's fate rests with Fifa". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-05-02. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Football League Championship". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ↑ Nixon, Alan (2 December 1998). "Football: Strachan is Rovers' new target". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ↑ "Berntsen må legge opp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 2002-09-24. Retrieved 2009-05-04.