Markus Ringberg (born 5 May 1976) is a Swedish football player who plays for

IL Express Idrettslaget Express is a Norwegian sports club from Fevik in Grimstad, Agder. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, floorball, athletics, orienteering and gymnastics. It was founded on 1 May 1919. The club colors a ...

Club career

He was born in

Mjällby Mjällby is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,254 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on the Listerlandet peninsula. The town has traditionally lived of fishing. The nearby harbour of Nogersund ...

. His most notable achievements came at his time in

Fredrikstad FK Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian footbal ...

where he was one of the main contributors in taking the club from the

Norwegian Second Division The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

to the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...

in just two seasons. After scoring a brace of goals in the campaign for reinstatement in the premiership he was named captain of the side for two seasons in the Norwegian top flight. He was sold to

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

in the summer of 2005. This caused some FFK fans to come together in a 200-man strong demonstration outside the FFK's clubhouse demanding the heads of those responsible for the controversial sale of Ringberg. Ringberg himself wept at the press conference where he announced his departure from the club. Although his scoring prowess was not at its peak during his last two seasons with FFK he still remains one of the club's strongest former players. He later joined

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954 ...

. In mid-2010 he joined

Kvik Halden FK Kvik Halden FK is a Norwegian football club, founded on 19 June 1906. The club plays in the 2. divisjon after their promotion from the 2018 3. divisjon. In 2010 they contested a playoff to win promotion, and succeeded by beating Eik-Tønsberg ...

Career statistics

References

1976 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Fredrikstad FK players Hamarkameratene players Moss FK players Kvik Halden FK players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Fourth Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub