Patrick Berg
Berg with Bodø/Glimt
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Bodø, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 7
Youth career
Bodø/Glimt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Bodø/Glimt 137 (8)
2022 Lens 17 (0)
2022– Bodø/Glimt 40 (4)
International career‡
2014 Norway U17 8 (0)
2015 Norway U18 9 (0)
2016 Norway U19 3 (0)
2021– Norway 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Patrick Berg (born 24 November 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt and the Norway national team.

Club career

Bodø/Glimt

Berg was born in Bodø.[1] He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 12 July 2014 in a 3–0 loss to Odd.[citation needed]

Lens

On 20 December 2021, Berg signed for Ligue 1 side Lens on a contract until 2026. The transfer fee paid to Bodø/Glimt was reportedly of €4.5 million.[2]

Return to Bodø/Glimt

On 29 August 2022, Berg returned to Bodø/Glimt and signed a five-year contract.[3]

International career

On 24 March 2021, Berg made his international debut for the Norway national team, in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar, making him Norway's first ever third-generation international footballer.[citation needed]

Personal life

Berg comes from a football family; his father Ørjan Berg, his grandfather Harald Berg, his uncles Arild and Runar Berg, and his great uncle Knut Berg have all played for Bodø/Glimt.[citation needed] Harald, Ørjan and Runar have also played for the national team.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bodø/Glimt 2014 Eliteserien 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2015 4 0 1 0 — — 5 0
2016 18 1 4 1 — — 22 2
2017 First Division 17 0 2 0 — — 19 0
2018 Eliteserien 19 0 5 2 — — 24 2
2019 24 0 1 0 — — 25 0
2020 28 4 0 0 3 1 — 31 5
2021 26 3 2 1 13 4 — 41 8
Total 137 8 16 4 16 5 — 169 17
Lens 2021–22 Ligue 1 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
2022–23 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 17 0 2 0 0 0 — 19 0
Bodø/Glimt 2022 Eliteserien 10 1 0 0 5 0 — 15 1
2023 30 3 9 2 13 3 — 52 8
2024 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 2 1
Total 40 4 9 2 20 4 — 69 10
Career total 194 12 27 6 36 9 0 0 257 27

International

As of 6 November 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2021 9 0
2022 5 0
2023 7 0
Total 21 0

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Berg". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Patrick Berg signe à Lens jusqu'en 2026 (officiel)" (in French). lequipe.fr. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ "PATRICK BERG KOMMER HJEM: – MER MOTIVERT ENN NOEN GANG" (in Norwegian). Bodø/Glimt. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Patrick Berg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Patrick Berg". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.


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