Bjarne Berntsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bjarne Berntsen | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Norway | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Figgjo IL | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1982 | Viking[1] | 120 | (13) |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1982 | Norway | 33 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986–1988 | Bryne | ||
| 1986–1987 | Norway (assistant) | ||
| 1992–1995 | Viking | ||
| 2004 | Viking (caretaker) | ||
| 2005–2009 | Norway (women) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Bjarne Berntsen (born 21 December 1956) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently employed as the vice president of the Football Association of Norway.
Playing career
Bjarne Berntsen began his football career at local club Figgjo IL. He signed for Norwegian Premier League club Viking in 1977, and stayed there until 1982. During this period he played 33 matches for the Norway national football team,[2] including the famous September 1981 win over England where he played at the right back position.
Manager years
After retiring as a player, Berntsen coached Figgjo, Bryne and Viking, as well as being the assistant coach of Norway between 1986 and 1987. Between 1999 and 2004, Berntsen was the Director of Viking. After Viking manager Kjell Inge Olsen resigned on 13 April 2004, he took over as caretaker manager until 12 July 2014, when the club signed Roy Hodgson as their new manager. Berntsen then resumed his role as club Director. In late 2004 he was surprisingly offered the job as head coach of the Norway women's national football team from 1 January 2005 on, which he accepted.
Women's national team coaching career
Berntsen's first tournament with the national women's team was the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship which took place in June 2005 in England. He courted controversy by including 16 year old Isabell Herlovsen, the daughter of one of his former teammates on the Norway national team, in the squad. However, she scored two vital goals to keep Norway in the tournament. After mixed fortunes in the group stage, Norway played a memorable semifinal against Sweden which they won by 3–2 after extra time with a goal from Solveig Gulbrandsen. In the final against Germany, Norway lost 3–1.
Berntsen led the national women's team through qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China, where they won their group by beating Canada and Ghana and drawing against Australia. In the quarter final against the hosts China, in front of 50,000 spectators, Norway won 1–0, the only goal being scored by Herlovsen. In the semifinal, the team lost to Germany by 3–0, and they then lost the third-place playoff 4–1 against the USA to finish in fourth place. By virtue of their performance at the World Cup, Norway qualified for the 2008 Olympics.
After the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Berntsen resigned as coach of the women's national team.
Later years
On 11 February 2010, Viking announced that Berntsen was again hired as the Director of the club, nearly five half years after he resigned from the same posisition.[3]
Two years later, Berntsen was nominated and elected vice president of the Football Association of Norway which meant that he had to quit his position at Viking.[4]
Personal life
Apart from Norway and Viking, Berntsen is a keen supporter of England and Liverpool.
References
- ↑ Viking stats
- ↑ Norway – Record International Players Archived May 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. – RSSSF
- ↑ "– Svært spesiell dag". rogalandsavis (in Norwegian). Rogalands Avis. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ "Bjarne Berntsen slutter i Viking". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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