Bent Inge Johnsen

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Bent Inge Johnsen
Personal information
Full name Bent Inge Johnsen
Date of birth (1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Mosjøen, Norway
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)
forward
Team information
Current team
Gjelleråsen (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Mosjøen
1993–1998 Bodø/Glimt 126 (24)
1998–2002 Rosenborg 65 (8)
2002–2006
Odd
93 (3)
2006
Urædd
Managerial career
2006–2007
Urædd
(player-manager)
2008–2010 Bodø/Glimt (assistant)
2011–2015 Eidsvold Turn
2016–2018 Gjelleråsen
2019–2021 Lyn
2022– Gjelleråsen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bent Inge Johnsen (born 28 January 1972) is a Norwegian football player and current coach.

Johnsen was versatile and could play as

forward
.

He started his career with local

Odd Grenland
and left professional football aged 34.

Johnsen was never capped on any age level, but was an unused substitute for Norway against Trinidad and Tobago in 1995. During his younger days he also played handball for Mosjøen HK and Øyestad IF.[1]

Johnsen took up coaching, first as player-coach of

Urædd FK. In 2008 he became assistant manager of Bodø/Glimt, staying for three seasons. He moved to Nittedal and was hired as manager of Eidsvold Turn. After five seasons he took over lowly Gjelleråsen, whom he guided to promotion to the 2018 Norwegian Third Division. He was subsequently hired by ambitious club Lyn, but failed to fulfil the goals of the club. In 2022 he returned to Gjelleråsen.[2][1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Vikan, Per (4 December 2017). "Kneet ga stopp for en proffkarriere". Helgelendingen (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  2. ^ Paulsen, Per-Erik (12 January 2011). "Fra Glimt til Turn". Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  3. ^ Hansen, Truls-Jarle (12 January 2022). "Bent-Inge tilbake i GIF". Varingen (in Norwegian). p. 19.