Stein Berg Johansen (born 10 June 1969) is a retired Norwegian

football striker In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), d ...

and current coach. He was born in

Levanger Levanger may refer to: Places * Levanger Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Levanger (town), a town within Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Levanger landsogn, a former municipality (1856–1962) in Trø ...

, but grew up in

Svolvær (Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...

. He started his career in

Svolvær IL (Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...

and made his senior debut at the age of 18. In 1989, he transferred to

FK Mjølner FK Mjølner is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Narvik in Narvik Municipality, Nordland county, Norway. It currently plays in the 4. divisjon, after having been relegated from the 3. divisjon in 2024. The club played at the top t ...

and played in the

1989 Norwegian First Division The 1989 1. divisjon was the 45th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 30 April 1989, and ended on 8 October 1989. 22 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve wer ...

(highest tier). He scored 10 league goals and was capped thrice for the

Norway national under-21 football team The Norway national under-21 football team, administered and controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, is the Norway national football team, national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA E ...

. He studied at

Narvik University College Narvik University College merged with the University of Tromsø ( or ) from 1 January 2016 and is now nameUiT - The Arctic University of Norway, campus Narvik It has approximately 2000 students and 220 employees. The campus offers bachelor's degre ...

, later the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

. In 1991, he joined the first-tier club

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag () is a Norwegian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Tromsø. They play their home games at the Romssa Arena which has a seating capacity of 6,801. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Despi ...

. He scored the club's first European goal, in the

1991–92 UEFA Cup The 1991–92 UEFA Cup was the 21st season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy, and at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The compe ...

, and won the 1996 Norwegian Football Cup. He also played for

SFK Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn () is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level association football, named FK Lyn. In t ...

briefly in 1994, and in 1999 for FK Lofoten. He also had a short spell in

Tromsdalen UIL Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of Tromsø. It has sections for football, athletics, skiing and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in Norwegi ...

in 2001, but was forced to retire due to injury. Stein Berg Johansen started a coaching career for Tromsø IL's junior team in 2002. In 2009, he became head coach of

Harstad IL Harstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Harstad, Troms. It has association football, futsal and nordic skiing sections. The club formerly had sections for track and field, skiing and speed skating, but this was discontinued in 1987. T ...

. He is the brother of Ørjan Berg Johansen and Vegard Berg Johansen

References

1969 births Living people Footballers from Levanger People from Vågan Norwegian men's footballers FK Mjølner players Tromsø IL players Lyn Fotball players FK Lofoten players Tromsdalen UIL players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian football managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Nordland 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub