Charles Berstad (born 29 November 1964) is a retired Norwegian

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player and current

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. He played for

Disenå Disenå is a village in Sør-Odal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The main part of the village is located south of the river Glomma, about southwest of the village of Skarnes. The Kongsvingerbanen railway line passes through the villag ...

Skarnes Skarnes is the administrative centre of Sør-Odal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies along the river Glomma, about half-way between the villages of Disenå and Sander, Norway, Sander. The new Sør-Odal municipal hall is loc ...

before playing for

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

from 1983 to 1992. He then played for Bodø/Glimt from 1993 to 1994, then Kongsvinger again from 1995 to 1998. Berstad has played 303 matches in

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

, the highest level of football in Norway, and is currently ranked 21st amongst players with the most games played. He left Kongsvinger and joined Danish club

Ikast FS Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Jutland Series, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the first tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superst ...

, which in 1999 became

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

. He played for

Ham-Kam Hamarkameratene (), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian professional football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently promoted to the Elites ...

from the summer of 1999 to 2000. He coached Ham-Kam in 2001 before being playing coach of

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

in 2002. He coached the northern team

Fauske/Sprint Fotballklubben Fauske/Sprint is a Norwegian association football club from Fauske Municipality in Nordland county. It was founded on 25 April 1937. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian fo ...

, then

Nybergsund Nybergsund is a village in Trysil Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located about south of the village of Innbygda which is the municipal centre of Trysil. The village is best known for serving as a hiding place for the Norwegian r ...

not far from Hamar before signing for another northern team Mo ahead of the 2008 season. He resigned from Mo in July 2009.

Honours

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

: Winner

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

References

1964 births Living people People from Hedmark Norwegian men's footballers Eliteserien players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players FK Bodø/Glimt players FC Midtjylland players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Hamarkameratene players Norwegian football managers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-defender-stub