Vincent van den Berg

Vincent van den Berg
Personal information
Full name Vincent van den Berg
Date of birth (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989
Place of birth Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Excelsior Maassluis
Youth career
2004-2006 SC Heerenveen
2006-2007 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20072009 Arsenal 0 (0)
20072008Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 3 (0)
20082009FC Zwolle (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Excelsior Maassluis 57 (19)
National team
2005 Netherlands U17 ? (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Vincent van den Berg (born 19 January 1989, Schiedam) is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for Excelsior Maassluis.[1] He can play as a midfielder, winger or striker.[2]

Van den Berg played as a youth for SC Heerenveen, moving to Arsenal aged 17 in mid-2006. He Played for both Arsenal's Academy (U18) and Reserve teams, but only played in pre-season friendlies for the first team, most notably as a substitute in Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial match.[2]

Van den Berg played for the Netherlands U17 team, and was a member of the side that reached third place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005.[2]

On January 7, 2008 Arsenal officially confirmed he would go on loan to Go Ahead Eagles for the second half of the 2007-08 season.[3] He made his debut in a friendly match against Samsunspor, during which he was injured and had to be substituted after 25 minutes.[4] After recovering, he went on to play four games for Go Ahead, but did not score any goals.[5]

On 12 August 2008, Van den Berg joined FC Zwolle on loan, for the 2008-09 season, but did not play for the first team, due to injuries.

With his Arsenal contract due to expire in the summer of 2009, he was offered a trial with Sparta Rotterdam, but was again injured. He has since signed a one-year contract with Hoofdklasse side Excelsior Maassluis.

References

  1. "Excelsior Maassluis first-team players 2013-2014". excelsior-m.nl.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vincent van den Berg". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007.
  3. "Versatile forward joins Dutch side on loan". Arsenal.com.
  4. "GA Eagles gelijk tegen bikkelhard Samsunspor" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  5. "Vincent van den Berg". Go Ahead Eagles (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.


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