Jonatan Berg

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jonatan Berg

| fullname = Anders Kenneth Jonatan Berg

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|5|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Torsby, Sweden

| height = {{height|m=1.79|precision=0}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| youthyears3 = 2002–2004

| youthclubs1 = IFK Velen

| youthclubs2 = Torsby IF

| youthclubs3 = IFK Göteborg

| years1 = 2005–2008

| years2 = 2006

| years3 = 2007

| years4 = 2009–2010

| years5 = 2010–2011

| years6 = 2012

| years7 = 2013–2015

| clubs1 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs2 = → GAIS (loan)

| clubs3 = → Trelleborgs FF (loan)

| clubs4 = Gefle IF

| clubs5 = Taranto

| clubs6 = Varbergs BoIS

| clubs7 = IK Sirius

| caps1 = 26

| caps2 = 15

| caps3 = 11

| caps4 = 31

| caps5 = 0

| caps6 = 27

| caps7 = 40

| goals1 = 3

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 8

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| totalcaps = 150

| totalgoals = 18

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Anders Kenneth Jonatan Berg (born 9 May 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{SvBf|år=1990|namn=Berg, Anders Kenneth Jonatan}} His natural position was on the central midfield, but he also worked well as a right winger.

Career

After playing for his local club and Torsby IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2002. After a couple of years his younger brother Marcus Berg (now being a player for the national team of Sweden) also joined IFK Göteborg. Jonatan wasn't a pick for the starting line up and therefore he went to loan in 2006 to the Gothenburg rival of GAIS where he played as a starter. In 2007, he went on loan to Trelleborgs FF in 2007. In 2008, he stayed at IFK Göteborg but played only 9 games, of which 7 was as a starter. In 2009, he moved on to Gefle IF. There, he became an important player with great teamwork and being good on set pieces. In July 2010, after having a trial he moved on to Italy and Serie C1, joining Taranto which w aiming to reach Serie B.{{cite web |access-date=13 March 2013 |date=10 July 2010 |publisher=fotbolltransfers.com |title=Officiellt: Jonatan Berg till AS Taranto |url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/2534}}

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