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Jo Inge Berget

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08. He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, and made his debut for the Norway national team in 2012.

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Berget with Malmö FF in 2015
Jo Inge Berget
(1990-09-11) 11 September 1990
Hadeland, Norway
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
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Sarpsborg 08
14
Lyn
Team	Apps	(Gls)
Lyn	2	(0)
Udinese	0	(0)
→ Lyn (loan)	27	(5)
→ Strømsgodset (loan)	31	(8)
Molde	63	(17)
Cardiff City	1	(0)
→ Celtic (loan)	4	(2)
Malmö FF	77	(25)
New York City FC	23	(4)
Malmö FF	96	(15)
Sarpsborg 08	47	(13)
Norway U21	22	(7)
Norway	20	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2017

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08. He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, and made his debut for the Norway national team in 2012.

Berget hails from Gran. He started his senior career at Lyn and played twice before left the club. He signed a reported three-year contract with Udinese in July 2008. The club also signed team-mate Odion Ighalo and they started out playing in the Primavera U20 team.

In March 2009, he was loaned back to Lyn until 2 August. In December 2009, he was loaned to Strømsgodset for one year. In January 2011, his loan was extended to 31 December 2011, but the loan deal was terminated when Berget was sold to Molde in July 2011.

Berget signed a three-year deal with Molde in September 2011. Berget made his debut for Molde in a 1–0 win home against Lillestrøm, replacing Mattias Moström in the 74th minute. He scored his first goal in the title-deciding match against Tromsø, where Molde FK celebrated the first league championship in the history of the club. Molde won the 2013 Norwegian Cup after rivals Rosenborg was defeated 4–2 in the final. Jo Inge Berget scored Molde's 2–2 equalizing goal in the 71st minute of the game.

On 24 January 2014, he signed for Cardiff City, to once again play under the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who was previously his boss at Molde. He made his debut on 15 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup, starting in a 1–2 home defeat to holders Wigan Athletic. A week later he made his Premier League debut in his only other game for the Bluebirds, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Fraizer Campbell at the end of a 0–4 home defeat to Hull City. Cardiff finished the season in 20th position and were relegated to the Championship.

Berget signed a short-term loan deal with Celtic in July 2014, with the option of making the deal permanent in January 2015. He scored twice as Celtic beat Dundee United 6–1 on his home debut. His loan expired on 1 January 2015 and having returned to Cardiff, he left two weeks later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

On 19 January 2015 he signed a three-year-long contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF. On 19 August 2015, he scored a brace against former club Celtic, in a 3–2 defeat at Celtic Park in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs. He also featured heavily with hard work on the wing in the return leg as Malmö overturned the deficit to win 2–0, rendering Malmö's qualification to the group stage.

On 19 January 2018, Berget signed with Major League Soccer side New York City FC. After just one season in MLS, Berget and New York City mutually parted ways.

In March 2019, Berget signed a three-year contract with Malmö FF.

On 31 August 2023, Berget signed a contract with Sarpsborg 08, for the rest of the 2023 Eliteserien season.

Berget made his debut for Norway on 18 January 2012 at the 2012 King's Cup in Thailand, playing the first half of a 1–0 win over the hosts at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.

Jo Inge Berget playing for Lyn in 2009.

As of 14 September 2025

Berget playing for Norway U21 in 2011.

As of match played 14 November 2017

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2012	1	0
2013	1	0
2014	2	0
2015	6	1
2016	6	1
2017	4	0

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 September 2015	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Croatia	1–0	2–0.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}[1]	2016 UEFA Euro Qualification
2.	29 March 2016	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Finland	1–0	2–0	Friendly

1 Berget scored both goals, but the second one was credited as Vedran Ćorluka own goal.

Strømsgodset

Norwegian Cup: 2010

Molde

Tippeligaen: 2011, 2012
Norwegian Cup: 2013

Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Svenska Cupen: 2021–22

Norway U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2013

Individual

Eliteserien Goal of the Month: June 2025
Malmö FF profile Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
Jo Inge Berget at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
Jo Inge Berget at Soccerway

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