Bjørn Berland

Bjørn Berland
Personal information
Full name Bjørn Berland
Date of birth (1977-04-14) 14 April 1977
Place of birth Sandnes, Norway
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
Sandved
Ulf-Sandnes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2005 Viking 153 (31)
2013–2015 Bogafjell
International career
1996 Norway U20 1 (0)
1998 Norway U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bjørn Berland (born 14 April 1977) is a retired Norwegian footballer.

Career

His career began in Sandved IL and then Ulf-Sandnes and joined Viking FK in 1997. He played 153 Norwegian Premier games from 1997 to 2005.[1] In late 2005 he signed for Sandefjord Fotball, but instead retired two days later.[2]

Berland never managed to play for Norway's senior team, but he played 4 matches for the U-21 team, making his debut in 1998 against Denmark U-21.[3]

Long after his retirement, Berland returned as a hobby player in Bogafjell IL.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Viking stats[link removed]
  2. ↑ Berland retires (in Norwegian) Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Bjørn Berland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ "– De gamle er fortsatt eldst på Bogafjell". Sandnesposten (in Norwegian). 2 October 2014. pp. 16–17.
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