Søren Berg

Football player infobox
playername = Søren Berg
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|5|15
cityofbirth = Odense
countryofbirth = Denmark
currentclub = Randers FC
clubnumber = 10
position = Striker/Winger
years = 1994-1999
2000
2000-2006
2006-2007
2008-present
clubs = Fjordager
Dalum IF
Odense BK
Viking FK
Randers FC
caps(goals) =
58 (14)
30 (4)
22 (3)
nationalyears = 2003-
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate = 19 April 2008
ntupdate = 1 March 2006

Søren Berg (born May 15, 1976 in Odense, Denmark) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays as a striker or right winger for Randers FC in the Danish Superliga. He has twice been selected for the Denmark national football team.

Club Career

Starting his career at Danish amateur clubs, he moved to top-flight club Odense BK in the Danish Superliga in 2000. Playing as either a right winger or striker, he was part of the Odense team that won the 2002 Danish Cup, 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 team Viking FK. He was spotted in Stavanger by a journalist, where he received a contract offer from the Norwegian club. In June 6 2006, it was reported that Berg had accepted the contract offer. , [da icon [http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=457644 OB-profil smutter til Norge] , Politiken, June 6, 2006] and the club confirmed the signing three days later.

Randers FC

However, in the 2007-2008 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 3 year binding contract with the Danish SAS liga club Randers FC. Berg made his first appearance for Randers in the danish cup 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 do to an injury in his back. However the injury wasn't serious and Berg was back on the field the next week. [no icon [http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=12092&wce=nyhet Berg klar for Viking] , Viking-FK.no, June 9, 2006]

Søren berg scored his first goal for randers FC April 19. Randers played at home against FC København. Berg scored the first goal following an assist from fellow striker Bedi Buval. Randers won the game 2-1.Despite critisism from the media, stating that Berg had not forfilled the high expectations that was given to him after his transfer to Randers FC, he succeded in scoring the winning goal against Brondby IF in a 2-1 victory. This result placed Randers FC at 6th in the SAS league.

References

Honours

*Danish Cup : 2002

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerId=4351 Danish national team profile]
* [http://resol.dr.dk/sportservice_person.aspx?personid=291599 Career stats] by Danmarks Radio' [http://www.randersfc.dk/spillere.php?id=81 Randers FC Profile]

Persondata
NAME= Berg, Søren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Danish football player
DATE OF BIRTH= May 15, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH= Odense, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=