Søren Berg (born May 15, 1976) is a retired Danish professional
footballer
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.
He has been capped twice for the
Denmark national football team.
Club career
Berg was born in
Odense
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Denmark
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and started his career at Danish amateur clubs, before he moved to top-flight club
Odense BK
Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...
in the
Danish Superliga
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in 2000. Playing as either a right winger or striker, he was part of the Odense team that won the 2002
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
, and he made his debut for the Danish national team in April 2003. After a successful
2005–06 season, where he was called up for his second Danish national team game in March 2006, he attracted the interest of
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
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team
Viking FK
Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...
. He was spotted in
Stavanger by a journalist, where he received a contract offer from the Norwegian club. On June 6, 2006, it was reported that Berg had accepted the contract offer. and the club confirmed the signing three days later.
Randers FC
However, in the 2007–08 season, in January, Berg decided to move back to Denmark because he liked the Danish play style better than the style in Norway. He signed a three-year binding contract with the Danish SAS liga club
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rande ...
.
Berg made his first appearance for Randers in the
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
quarter finals where he was in the starting line forming an attack duo with the also newly arrived teammate
Marc Nygaard but was forced off the pitch soon after the start whistle due to an injury in his back. However the injury was not serious and Berg was back on the field the next week.
Berg scored his first goal for Randers FC on April 19, 2009. Despite criticism from the media, stating that Berg had not fulfilled the high expectations that was given to him after his transfer to Randers FC, he succeeded in scoring the winning goal against Brondby IF in a 2–1 victory. This result placed Randers FC at sixth place in the Danish Superliga.
AGF
On December 7, 2010, Berg signed a contract for two years with
AGF.
FC Vestsjælland
In January 2013, Berg signed a -year contract with
FC Vestsjælland
FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, was a professional Danish association football club that played in the Danish 1st Division until its closure in 2015. They played their home matches at Harboe Arena Slagelse in Slagelse, which has a c ...
.
In his first season with FCV, the club got promoted to the
Danish Superliga
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.
Honours
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Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
: 2002
References
External links
Danish national team profile
Career stats
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Odense
Danish men's footballers
Denmark international footballers
Odense Boldklub players
Viking FK players
Randers FC players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
FC Vestsjælland players
Danish Superliga players
Eliteserien players
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate footballers in Norway
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Association football forwards
Association football midfielders