{{short description|Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Charles Berstad | image = | fullname = Einar Charles Berstad | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|29|df=y}} | height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}} | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = | years3 = 1983–1992 | years4 = 1993–1994 | years5 = 1995–1998 | years6 = 1998–1999 | years7 = 1999–2000 | years8 = 2002 | clubs1 = Disenå | clubs2 = Skarnes | clubs3 = Kongsvinger | clubs4 = Bodø/Glimt | clubs5 = Kongsvinger | clubs6 = Ikast/Midtjylland | clubs7 = Ham-Kam | clubs8 = Hamar | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = 191 | caps4 = 31 | caps5 = 81 | caps6 = | caps7 = 9 | caps8 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = 6 | goals4 = ? | goals5 = 3 | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = | manageryears1 = 2001 | manageryears2 = 2002 | manageryears3 = 2003–2004 | manageryears4 = 2007 | manageryears5 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs1 = Ham-Kam | managerclubs2 = Hamar (''playing coach'') | managerclubs3 = Fauske/Sprint | managerclubs4 = Nybergsund | managerclubs5 = Mo }}
'''Charles Berstad''' (born 29 November 1964) is a retired Norwegian football player and current coach.
He played for Disenå, Skarnes before playing for Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1992.<ref name=kil>{{cite web|url=http://www.fozzum.com/kil/spillerfakta.php?_persid=18|author=Fossum, Geir|title=Charles Berstad|work=Fozzum.com (Kongsvinger IL statistics)|language=Norwegian|access-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022013/http://www.fozzum.com/kil/spillerfakta.php?_persid=18|archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> He then played for Bodø/Glimt from 1993 to 1994, then Kongsvinger again from 1995 to 1998.<ref name="fotball.aftenposten.no">{{cite web|url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=person&personId=216 |title=Fotball - Aftenposten |website=Fotball.aftenposten.no |date= |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref> Berstad has played 303 matches in Tippeligaen,<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/noo-liga-matches.html|title=Norway – Most matches played in Norwegian top division|author=Søfting, Thomas|date=10 December 2010|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=11 March 2011}}</ref> the highest level of football in Norway, and is currently ranked 21st amongst players with the most games played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotball.adressa.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histmostgames |language=Norwegian |title=Historisk statistikk - Flest kamper |work=adressa.no |publisher=Adresseavisen |access-date=5 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174103/http://fotball.adressa.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histmostgames |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref>
He left Kongsvinger and joined Danish club Ikast FS, which in 1999 became FC Midtjylland.<ref name=mo>{{cite news|url=http://www.mo-il.no/default.asp?p=articlesShow&id=122&groupId=1|author=Andersen, Sten|date=8 November 2007|title=Charles Berstad klar for Mo IL|publisher=Mo IL|language=Norwegian|access-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203120044/http://www.mo-il.no/default.asp?p=articlesShow&id=122&groupId=1|archive-date=3 February 2008}}</ref> He played for Ham-Kam from the summer of 1999 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://v1.hamkam.no/presentation/_spiller.asp?spiller_id=26&showall=true|title=Charles Berstad|publisher=Hamarkameratene|access-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724175735/http://v1.hamkam.no/presentation/_spiller.asp?spiller_id=26&showall=true|archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> He coached Ham-Kam in 2001 before being playing coach of Hamar in 2002. He coached the northern team Fauske/Sprint, then Nybergsund not far from Hamar before signing for another northern team Mo ahead of the 2008 season.<ref name=mo/> He resigned from Mo in July 2009.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.mo-il.no/default.asp?p=articlesShow&id=452&groupId=1|author=Valla, Kim|date=1 July 2009|title=Pressemelding fra Charles Berstad|publisher=Mo IL|language=Norwegian|access-date=9 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909091207/http://www.mo-il.no/default.asp?p=articlesShow&id=452&groupId=1|archive-date=9 September 2009}}</ref>
==Honours== *Norwegian Football Cup: Winner 1993<ref name=mo/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berstad, Charles}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:People from Innlandet Category:Norwegian men's footballers Category:Eliteserien players Category:Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Category:FK Bodø/Glimt players Category:FC Midtjylland players Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:Hamarkameratene players Category:Norwegian football managers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Innlandet Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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