Vegard Berg Johansen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1973)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vegard Berg Johansen

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|15|df=y}}

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| position = striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Svolvær

| years1 = –1992 | years2 =1993−1996 | years3 =1997 | years4 =1997−1998 | years5 =1998 | years6 =1999 | years7 =2000–2001 | years8 =2002–2003 | years9 =2004

| clubs1 = Svolvær | clubs2 = Tromsdalen | clubs3 = Haugesund | clubs4 = Belenenses | clubs5 = Haugesund | clubs6 = Lofoten | clubs7 = Tromsdalen | clubs8 = Tromsø | clubs9 = Tromsdalen

| caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 4 | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2 | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | caps7 = 42 | goals7 = 18 | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 7

| manageryears1 = 2006–2007 | manageryears2 =2008−2010 | manageryears3 =2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = Lyngen/Karnes | managerclubs2 = Fløya | managerclubs3 = Tromsø (CEO)

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Vegard Berg Johansen (born 15 July 1973) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

He started his football career in Svolvær. Joining Tromsdalen ahead of the 1993 season, he made his first-tier debut in 1997 for FK Haugesund. He was sold to C.F. Os Belenenses after the 1997 season, but after the 1997-98 Primeira Divisao he returned to Haugesund. In 1999 he joined his hometown football team, now called FK Lofoten. In 2000, he took yet another second spell in one of his former clubs, playing two seasons for Tromsdalen. After playing the 2002 season for Tromsø IL he was left out of the team for a year, before a third and final spell in Tromsdalen.{{cite web|url=http://statistikk.til.no/spiller/vegard-berg-johansen|title=Vegard Berg Johansen|last=Anthonsen|first=Hugo|author2=Salomonsen, Per|date=10 October 2009|publisher=Tromsø IL|language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 November 2019}}{{NFF|3718941}}{{WorldFootball.net|vegard-johansen}}

He is an younger brother of Stein Berg Johansen and Ørjan Berg Johansen.{{cite news|title=Fra Friggs guttelag til 2. div.|last=Hole|first=Arne|date=11 April 1995|work=Aftenposten Aften|page=8|language=Norwegian}}

Ahead of the 2006 season he became the head coach of Lyngen/Karnes IL.{{cite news|title=Vegard Berg-Johansen|date=15 December 2005|work=Bladet Tromsø|language=Norwegian}} After the 2007 season he went on to IF Fløya,{{cite news|title=Berg Johansen skal gi Fløya et løft|date=25 October 2007|work=Nordlys|language=Norwegian}} lasting through 2010.{{cite news|title=Slutter i Fløya|date=29 September 2010|work=Bladet Tromsø|language=Norwegian}} From early 2013{{cite news|title=Ny arena og flere på kamp|date=17 January 2013|work=Nordlys|language=Norwegian}} to early 2014 he was the chief executive officer of Tromsø Fotball.{{cite news|url=https://www.nordlys.no/til/derfor-matte-til-sjefen-ga/s/1-79-7256392|title=Derfor måtte TIL-sjefen gå|last=Olaussen|first=Leif-Morten|date=26 March 2014|work=Nordlys|language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 November 2019}}

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