Vegard Berg Johansen (born 15 July 1973) is a retired Norwegian football striker. He started his football career 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 ...

. Joining

Tromsdalen or is an urban neighborhood in the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø which is in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located just to the east of the city centre on the mainland along the coast of the Tromsøysundet strait. The v ...

ahead of the 1993 season, he made his first-tier debut in 1997 for

FK Haugesund Fotballklubben Haugesund (), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional association football, football club from the city of Haugesund that plays in the top tier of the Norwegian football league system. FK Haugesund previousl ...

. He was sold to

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

after the 1997 season, but after the 1997-98 Primeira Divisao he returned to Haugesund. In 1999 he joined his hometown football team, now called FK Lofoten. In 2000, he took yet another second spell in one of his former clubs, playing two seasons for Tromsdalen. After playing the 2002 season for

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 was left out of the team for a year, before a third and final spell in Tromsdalen. He is an younger brother of Stein Berg Johansen and Ørjan Berg Johansen. Ahead of the 2006 season he became the head coach of Lyngen/Karnes IL. After the 2007 season he went on to

IF Fløya Idrettsforeningen Fløya is a Norwegian football club from the city of Tromsø. The club was founded on 22 June 1922 and named after the Fløya mountain which overlooks Tromsø centre. The women's team has got two third-place finishes in Toppser ...

, lasting through 2010. From early 2013 to early 2014 he was the chief executive officer of Tromsø Fotball.

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1973 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers People from Vågan Tromsdalen UIL players FK Haugesund players C.F. Os Belenenses players FK Lofoten players Tromsø IL players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football forwards Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Primeira Liga players Norwegian football managers Footballers from Nordland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub