Daniel Berntsen

Daniel Mikal Aas Berntsen (born 4 April 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tromso IL.

Club Career

Bodo/Glimt

In the summer of 2007, a then 14-year-old Berntsen was selected as Bodo/Glimt's representative to train with the best young footballers in Norway and be coached by the likes of Age Hareide and Ole Gunnar Solskjar. He joined former Rosenborg teammates, Fredrik Midtsjo and Jonas Svensson. Berntsen first came to real prominence when he helped Bodo/Glimt to win the Norway Cup Klasse B in 2009.Avisa Nordland cited Berntsen as the stand out player in Glimt's win.

On 13 May 2010, just a month after his seventeenth birthday, Berntsen made his senior debut when he was a 63rd minute substitution for Havard Sakariassen in a Norwegian Cup game against Innstranden. In September 2010, Berntsen signed a professional contract with Glimt. He made his Adeccoligaen debut a week later when he came on for Runar Berg against Sandnes Ulf. The following day, Berg, one of Glimt's most famous players, retired with immediate effect. He explained the decision by stating, "when I saw Daniel Berntsen running down to the byline for the second time and putting a ball across the front of goal, it became very clear to me: I cannot take up a space in the team at the expense of such a talented youngster." Berntsen went on to start four of the last five games in the 2010 season.

In 2011, Berntsen became the second most regular starter for Glimt, starting all but the first three games in the season. His first professional goal was, surprisingly, from a back post header in a 2–1 over Strommen on 5 June 2011. Berntsen's second goal, though, was one more indicative of his touted ability; after feigning past one defender, his 25-yard curling shot found the top left-hand corner of the goal in Glimt's 4–2 win over Kongsvinger. In mid-August, Berntsen himself confirmed to NRK that Tromso wanted him to replace Ruben Yttergard Jenssen if the la