Patrick Berg
.jpg) Berg with Norway in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 November 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Bodø, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bodø/Glimt | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bodø/Glimt | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2022 | Bodø/Glimt | 137 | (8) |
| 2022 | Lens | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bodø/Glimt | 86 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | Norway U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Norway | 34 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Patrick Berg (born 24 November 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt and the Norway national team.
Club career
Bodø/Glimt
Berg was born in Bodø.[1] He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 12 July 2014 in a 3–0 loss to Odd.
Lens
On 20 December 2021, Berg signed for Ligue 1 side Lens on a contract until 2026. The transfer fee paid to Bodø/Glimt was reportedly of €4.5 million.[2]
Return to Bodø/Glimt
On 29 August 2022, Berg returned to Bodø/Glimt and signed a five-year contract.[3]
International career
On 24 March 2021, Berg made his international debut for the Norway national team, in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar, making him Norway's first ever third-generation international footballer.
Personal life
Berg comes from a football family; his father Ørjan Berg, his grandfather Harald Berg, his uncles Arild and Runar Berg, and his great uncle Knut Berg have all played for Bodø/Glimt. Harald, Ørjan and Runar have also played for the national team.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 August 2025[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bodø/Glimt | 2014 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | Norwegian First Division | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Eliteserien | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13[c] | 3 | 41 | 7 | ||
| Total | 137 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 169 | 16 | ||
| Lens | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Bodø/Glimt | 2022 | Eliteserien | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14[e] | 4 | 53 | 9 | ||
| 2024 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21[f] | 2 | 52 | 11 | ||
| 2025 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Total | 86 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 142 | 24 | ||
| Career total | 240 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 59 | 10 | 330 | 40 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, fifteen appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 10 June 2025[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 0 | |
Honours
Bodø/Glimt
- Eliteserien: 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Individual
- Eliteserien Player of the Year: 2021[6]
- UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2024–25[7]
- Eliteserien Player of the Month: June/July 2025[8]
References
- ^ "Patrick Berg". altomfotball.no. TV2. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Patrick Berg signe à Lens jusqu'en 2026 (officiel)" (in French). lequipe.fr. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "PATRICK BERG KOMMER HJEM: – MER MOTIVERT ENN NOEN GANG" (in Norwegian). Bodø/Glimt. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Patrick Berg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Patrick Berg". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Prisvinnere Fotballfesten 2021" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "2024/25 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA. 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Se hvilken Glimt-profil som tok hjem månedens spiller for juni/juli i Eliteserien". Facebook (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.