Bjarne Berntsen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 December 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sandnes, Norway | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sandnes Ulf (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Figgjo IL | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1982 | Viking[1] | 120 | (13) |
International career | |||
1977 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
1978–1982 | Norway | 33 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1986–1988 | Bryne | ||
1986–1987 | Norway (assistant) | ||
1992–1995 | Viking | ||
1999–2004 | Viking (managing director) | ||
2004 | Viking (caretaker) | ||
2005–2009 | Norway (women) | ||
2010–2012 | Viking (managing director) | ||
2017–2020 | Viking | ||
2021 | Bryne (managing director) | ||
2021–2023 | Sandnes Ulf | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bjarne Berntsen (born 21 December 1956) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who is the manager of Sandnes Ulf. He is the elder brother of fellow football coach Alf Ingve Berntsen.
Playing career
Bjarne Berntsen began his football career at local club
Despite being only 25 years old, Berntsen chose to step away from top-level football at the end of the 1982 season, and returned to his former club Figgjo which at the time played in the fourth tier of the league pyramid.
Early manager years
After retiring as a player, Berntsen coached Figgjo, Bryne and Viking. Between 1986 and 1987, Berntsen was also the assistant coach of the Norwegian national team. He won the Norwegian cup with Bryne in 1987, still only 30 years old.
Viking club director
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 2004, 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
Berntsen led the national women's team through qualification to the
After the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Berntsen resigned as coach of the women's national team.
Later years
On 11 February 2010,
After
In the
On 26 November 2020, it was announced that Berntsen would be relieved of his duties as manager of Viking FK after the 2020 season. This was controversial as Berntsen himself was not contacted before the decision was made, and was well loved by the majority of fans. The leadership of Viking received a lot of criticism for their actions, and publicly apologised afterwards. [8] In June 2021 he was hired as managing director of Bryne FK.[9] He resigned in August 2021, amid rumours that he would take over the vacant manager job at Sandnes Ulf.[10]
Managerial statistics
- As of 19 December 2020
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Viking | 15 June 1992 | 31 December 1995 | 106 | 53 | 20 | 33 | 50.00 |
Viking (interim) | 14 April 2004 | 11 July 2004 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 31.25 |
Norway (women) | 1 January 2005 | 7 September 2009 | 76 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 47.37 |
Viking | 19 December 2017 | 31 December 2020 | 100 | 53 | 17 | 30 | 53.00 |
Sandnes Ulf | 12 August 2021 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Total | 298 | 147 | 55 | 96 | 49.33 |
References
- ^ Viking stats
- ^ Norway – Record International Players Archived 4 May 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.
- ^ "Bjarne Berntsen ny hovedtrener i Viking". www.vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- TV2. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Simensen, Henrik Myhrvold (11 September 2019). "Viking-trener Bjarne Berntsen valgt inn i bystyret i Sandnes: – Det blir kjekt". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Flygind, Kjetil; Nilssen, Stig (26 November 2020). "Bjarne Berntsen har fått sparken i Viking" [Bjarne Berntsen has been fired from Viking]. aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Bjarne Berntsen er ny daglig leder i Bryne FK" (in Norwegian). Bryne FK. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Opphus, Joakim (9 August 2021). "Bekreftet: Bjarne Berntsen har sagt opp jobben i Bryne" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2021.