Henning Berg (soccer player)

Henning Berg
Henning Berg (2014)
Personnel
Surname	Henning Stille Berg
birthday	1st September 1969
place of birth	Eidsvoll ,  Norway
size	184 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Lørenskog IF
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1988-1992	Vålerenga Oslo	66 (2)
1992-1993	Lillestrøm SK	20 (1)
1993-1997	Blackburn Rovers	159 (4)
1997-2000	Manchester United	66 (2)
2000	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	17 (0)
2000-2003	Blackburn Rovers	74 (3)
2003-2004	Glasgow Rangers	20 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1992-2004	Norway	100 (9)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2005-2008	Lyn Oslo
2008-2011	Lillestrøm SK
2012	Blackburn Rovers
2014-2015	KP Legia Warsaw
2016-2017	Videoton FC
2018-2019	Stabæk Fotball
2019–	Omonia Nicosia
1 Only league games are given.

Henning Stille Berg (born September 1, 1969 in Eidsvoll ) is a Norwegian football coach and former player .

Player career

The former central defender began his professional football career in 1988 at Vålerenga Oslo in the highest Norwegian league. From 1991 to 1993 Berg was under contract with Lillestrøm SK . In 1993 the Norwegian moved to the Blackburn Rovers in England . He became English champion with the Rovers in 1995. In 1997 he moved to Manchester United . With the Red Devils he won the triple (champion, cup winner and Champions League winner) in 1999 and another championship in 2000. In the new millennium he went back to the Blackburn Rovers. Berg won the 2002 English League Cup with the Rovers. His last season as a player was with Glasgow Rangers in 2003/04. Internationally, the Norwegian belongs to the elite group of players who have played a hundred or more games for their home country. Berg played exactly 100 international matches for Norway and scored nine goals. He took part in the 1994 soccer world championship in the USA, the 1998 soccer world championship in France and the 2000 European soccer championship in the Netherlands and Belgium . In the USA he was eliminated with the Norwegian team in the group stage and was used in all games. He was more successful in 1998 - there was the last sixteen against Italy . Berg was also used there in all games and received a yellow card. At the EM 2000, however, it was only used once. As in 1994, Norway was eliminated in the two Benelux countries in the group stage.

successes

• 3 × English champions (1995 with Blackburn Rovers 1999, 2000 with Manchester United )
• 1 × English cup winner (1999 with Manchester United)
• 1 × Champions League winner (1999 with Manchester United)
• 1 × World Cup winner (1999 with Manchester United)
• 1 × English League Cup winner (2002 with the Blackburn Rovers)
• Participation in the soccer World Cup 1994 with Norway (3 appearances)
• Participation in the 1998 World Cup with Norway (4 appearances / one goal)
• Participation in the European Football Championship 2000 with Norway (1 mission)

Coaching career

From 2005 to September 2008 Berg worked as a trainer for Lyn Oslo in Norway. From 2009 he took over Lillestrøm SK as a trainer. Since November 1, 2012, Berg worked as a coach at his former club Blackburn Rovers, but was sacked on December 27, 2012 after 57 days in office. From January 1, 2014, Berg was a trainer at KP Legia Warsaw in the Polish Ekstraklasa , with whom he won the championship title. After one season each at Videoton FC and Stabæk Fotball , he has been coaching the Omonia Nicosia football team , which plays in the Cypriot First Division , since 2019 .

Web links

• Player statistics on soccerbase.com
• Coach statistics on soccerbase.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blackburn dismisses coach - after just 57 days , Spiegel Online, December 27, 2012 (accessed December 27, 2012).
2. ↑ Report on legia.com (Polish, accessed December 20, 2013)
3. ↑ Νέος προπονητής ο κ. Henning Berg! omonoiafc.com.cy, June 6, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2020.