1. Bjarne Berntsen was born on 21 December 1956 and is a Norwegian football coach and former player who is the manager of Sandnes Ulf.
15 Facts About Bjarne Berntsen
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Bjarne Berntsen is the elder brother of fellow football coach Alf Ingve Berntsen.
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Bjarne Berntsen began his football career at local club Figgjo IL.
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Bjarne Berntsen signed for Norwegian top division club Viking in 1977, and stayed there until 1982.
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Between 1986 and 1987, Bjarne Berntsen was the assistant coach of the Norwegian national team.
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Bjarne Berntsen won the Norwegian cup with Bryne in 1987, still only 30 years old.
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Between 1999 and 2004, Bjarne Berntsen was the Director of Viking.
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Bjarne Berntsen courted controversy by including 16 year old Isabell Herlovsen, the daughter of one of his former teammates on the Norway national team, in the squad.
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Bjarne Berntsen led the national women's team through qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China, where they won their group by beating Canada and Ghana and drawing against Australia.
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On 11 February 2010, Viking announced that Bjarne Berntsen was again hired as the Director of the club, nearly five and a half years after he resigned from the same position.
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Two years later, Bjarne Berntsen was nominated and elected vice president of the Football Association of Norway which meant that he had to quit his position at Viking.
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Bjarne Berntsen led Viking to a first place in the 2018 1.
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On 20 June 2019, Viking announced that Bjarne Berntsen's contract had been extended with two more years, till the end of the 2021 season.
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On 26 November 2020, it was announced that Bjarne Berntsen would be relieved of his duties as manager of Viking FK after the 2020 season.
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Bjarne Berntsen resigned in August 2021, amid rumours that he would take over the vacant manager job at Sandnes Ulf.