Robin Berntsen Explained

Robin Berntsen
Fullname:Robin Berntsen
Birth Date:16 July 1970[1]
Birth Place:Nordbotn, Norway
Height:5feet[2]
Position:Utility
Youthyears1:1975–1984
Youthclubs1:Ramfjord IL
Youthyears2:1984–1987
Youthclubs2:Tromsø IL
Youthyears3:1987–1988
Youthclubs3:Ramfjord IL
Youthyears4:1988–1990
Youthclubs4:IF Fløya
Years1:1990–1991
Clubs1:Tromsø IL
Caps1:9
Goals1:0
Years2:1992
Years3:1993–1995
Clubs3:Tromsdalen UIL
Years4:1996–2001
Clubs4:Tromsø IL
Caps4:137
Goals4:8
Years5:1998
Clubs5:Port Vale (loan)
Caps5:1
Goals5:0
Totalcaps:147+
Totalgoals:8+

Robin Berntsen (born 16 July 1970) is a Norwegian former footballer who played for Tromsø IL, Vålerenga IF, Tromsdalen UIL, and Port Vale. He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Tromsø in 1996.

Career

Berntsen grew up in Nordbotn in Ramfjord and played football for Ramfjord IL from an early age until he was 14.[3] In 1984, he began playing for the Tromsø IL youth team, before he returned to Ramfjord in 1987.[3] He joined IF Fløya in 1988 and returned to Tromsø IL as an apprentice two years later.[3] In 1992, when he was living in Oslo, he joined Vålerenga IF. After he moved back the following year, he played three seasons for Tromsdalen UIL before he again joined Tromsø in the Tippeligaen in 1996.[4] In 1996, he also won the Norwegian Football Cup with Tromsø, as Terje Skarsfjord's side beat Bodø/Glimt 2–1 at the Ullevaal Stadion.[4] He also played two European Cup Winners Cup games for the club. He played both legs of round two in a 3–2 win over Chelsea on 23 October 1997 and also played in the second leg, where they lost 7–1 at Stamford Bridge two weeks later, in which he was booked.[5]

He joined Port Vale on loan in November 1998, who had right-backs Michael Walsh and Matt Carragher out injured.[6] [7] Berntsen played in a First Division match on 14 November 1998, in a 2–0 defeat to Sunderland at Vale Park.[8] However, he then fell out with manager John Rudge, with Berntsen hoping to play in midfield rather than at full-back.[7] He left the club at the end of the month and returned to Tromsø.[9] He played his last game for Tromsø in October 2001,[4] and retired in the following season due to an injury.[10]

Personal life

Bernsten is married with three children: Sondre, Joakim, and Markus.[3]

Honours

Tromsø

1996[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robin Berntsen at 100% Fotball . Fotball.bt.no . no . 4 May 2009.
  2. Web site: stats. azplayers.com. 4 May 2009.
  3. Web site: Robin Berntsen. statistikk.til.no. 28 January 2013 . 18 August 2016. Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Adelskalender profil . no . Tromsø IL . 18 April 2008 . 4 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080604215004/http://www.til.no/www/adel/profil/277 . 4 June 2008 .
  5. Web site: European Cup Winners Cup - Round 2 second leg. Soccerbase. 4 May 2009.
  6. News: Football: Kinsella's fate rests with Fifa . Staniforth . Tommy. 11 November 1999. The Independent. 4 May 2009.
  7. News: Fielding . Rob . Port Vale one hit wonders: number eight Robin Berntsen . 20 May 2021 . onevalefan.co.uk . 2021-05-20.
  8. Web site: Football League Championship. Soccerbase. 4 May 2009.
  9. News: Football: Strachan is Rovers' new target . Nixon. Alan. 2 December 1998. The Independent. 4 May 2009.
  10. News: Berntsen må legge opp . Verdens Gang . no . 24 September 2002 . 4 May 2009.
  11. News: Cup final in Oslo, October 27. 18 August 2016. rsssf.no.