Roy Wassberg (born 28 September 1970) is a Norwegian footballer, most known for his two runs in SK Brann. Wassberg first played for Brann between 1989 and 1993, before he transferred to the "other team" from

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, Fyllingen. Later that season his dream of playing football in

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came true when he left his home city to play ball in

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. Wassberg spent four years in Greece, where he won the 1996-97 Beta Ethniki and the 1997-98 Greek Cup with

Panionios NFC Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

. Wassberg later returned to Bergen and Brann where he played for the next seven seasons, and captained in 2003. In the middle of the 2004 season, Wassberg was released from Brann, and he decided to return to his motherclub, Fyllingen. In the 2006 pre-season, Wassberg was appointed the new head coach in Fyllingen, whilst still playing for the club. He managed Fyllingen's successor club

FK Fyllingsdalen FK Fyllingsdalen is a football club from Fyllingsdalen, a borough in the Norwegian city of Bergen. The club is a result of a merge between the two football clubs Fyllingen and Løv-Ham. In 2011, the last season before the merge, Løv-Ham pla ...

in 2020 and 2021.

Personal life

Wassberg is the son-in-law of the former football manager and player Roald Jensen, and the father of the current player

Niklas Jensen Wassberg Niklas Jensen Wassberg (born 12 June 2004) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Brann. He played youth football for FK Fyllingsdalen before joining SK Brann ahead of the 2020 season. While the original intention was for him to st ...

Honours

Panionios * Greek Cup: 1997–98

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wassberg, Roy 1970 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers SK Brann players Fyllingen Fotball players Panionios F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Men's association football central defenders Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian football managers Footballers from Bergen