Jo Inge Berget

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, and made his debut for the Norway national team in 2012.

Club career

Early career Berget hails from Gran. He started his senior career at Lyn and played twice before left the club. He signed a reported three-year contract with Udinese in July 2008. The club also signed team-mate Odion Ighalo and they started out playing in the Primavera U20 team.

In March 2009, he was loaned back to Lyn until 2 August. In December 2009, he was loaned to Strømsgodset for one year. In January 2011, his loan was extended to 31 December 2011, but the loan deal was terminated when Berget was sold to Molde in July 2011.

Molde Berget signed a three-year deal with Molde in September 2011. Berget made his debut for Molde in a 1–0 win home against Lillestrøm, replacing Mattias Moström in the 74th minute. He scored his first goal in the title-deciding match against Tromsø, where Molde FK celebrated the first league championship in the history of the club. Molde won the 2013 Norwegian Cup after rivals Rosenborg was defeated 4–2 in the final. Jo Inge Berget scored Molde's 2–2 equalizing goal in the 71st minute of the game.

Cardiff City and Celtic On 24 January 2014, he signed for Cardiff City, to once again play under the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who was previously his boss at Molde. He made his debut on 15 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup, starting in a 1–2 home defeat to holders Wigan Athletic. A week later he made his Premier League debut in his only other game for the Bluebirds, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Fraizer Campbell at the end of a 0–4 home defeat to Hull City. Cardiff finished the season in 20th position and were relegated to the Championship.

Berget signed a short-term loan deal with Celtic in July 2014, with the option of making the deal permanent in January 2015. He scored twice as Celtic beat Dundee United 6–1 on his home debut. His loan expired on 1 January 2015 and having returned to Cardiff, he left two weeks later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

Malmö and New York City On 19 January 2015 he signed a three-year-long contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF. On 19 August 2015, he scored a brace against former club Celtic, in a 3–2 defeat at Celtic Park in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs. He also featured heavily with hard work on the wing in the return leg as Malmö overturned the deficit to win 2–0, rendering Malmö's qualification to the group stage.

On 19 January 2018, Berget signed with Major League Soccer side New York City FC. After just one season in MLS, Berget and New York City mutually parted ways.

In March 2019, Berget signed a three-year contract with Malmö FF.

Sarpsborg On 31 August 2023, Berget signed a contract with Sarpsborg 08, for the rest of the 2023 Eliteserien season.

International career Berget made his debut for Norway on 18 January 2012 at the 2012 King's Cup in Thailand, playing the first half of a 1–0 win over the hosts at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first. Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 6 September 2015 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 1–0 2–0 2016 UEFA Euro Qualification 2. 29 March 2016 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 1–0 2–0 Friendly Berget scored both goals, but the second one was credited as Vedran Ćorluka own goal.

Honours Strømsgodset Norwegian Cup: 2010

Molde Tippeligaen: 2011, 2012 Norwegian Cup: 2013

Malmö FF Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 Svenska Cupen: 2021–22

Norway U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2013

Individual Eliteserien Goal of the Month: June 2025