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Joey van den Berg
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Joey van den Berg (born 13 February 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He formerly played professional football for SC Heerenveen, FC Omniworld, Go Ahead Eagles, PEC Zwolle and Reading.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joey van den Berg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Nijeveen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SVN '69 | |||
| SC Heerenveen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | FC Omniworld | 19 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | MSC | ||
| 2007–2008 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Alcides | ||
| 2010–2013 | PEC Zwolle | 73 | (15) |
| 2013–2016 | SC Heerenveen | 97 | (8) |
| 2016–2019 | Reading | 61 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → NEC (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2019 | NEC | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | Alcides | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dutch Club Career
A tough-tackling defensive midfielder, Van den Berg received a record-equaling 7th Eredivisie red card in March 2016.[3]
Reading
On 28 June 2016, it was announced that Reading would sign Van den Berg on a two-year contract after his current deal expired at SC Heerenveen and when the transfer window officially opened on 1 July 2016.[4] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 2–0 EFL Cup win against Plymouth Argyle on 9 August 2016.[5] On 27 September 2017, van den Berg extended his contract with Reading until the summer of 2019.[6]
On 25 July 2018, van den Berg joined NEC in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on a season-long loan deal.[7]
He was released by Reading at the end of the 2018–19 season.[8]
NEC
After his release by Reading in July 2019, he rejoined his old club, NEC on a two-year contract.[9] However, after only one month, the club's director, Wilco van Schaik, indicated to the veteran, that his salary weighed heavily on the budget and that NEC therefore was prepared to allow Van den Berg to leave transfer-free. that other, younger players will be preferred for the time being. In addition, Van den Berg had to give up his shirt number 8.[10] Van den Berg revealed in the medias, that the coaches suddenly told him, that "you get little playing time this season".[11] On 4 November 2019, his contract was terminated.[12]
Alcides
After three months without a club, van den Berg signed a deal with Dutch amateur club MVV Alcides - the club he also played for in - on 3 February 2020, after failing to find a professional club during the January transfer market.[13]
On 20 September 2020 the club confirmed, that van den Berg suffered from knee problems and probably wouldn't play for the club anymore. However, he would continue to participate in the trainings.[14]
Club
- As of match played 15 March 2019.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PEC Zwolle | 2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 7 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 3 | |||
| Total | 73 | 15 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 81 | 15 | ||
| SC Heerenveen | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 8 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 111 | 8 | ||
| Reading | 2016–17[16] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 2017–18[17] | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 2 | ||
| NEC (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 255 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 285 | 25 | ||
- PEC Zwolle
- Eerste Divisie (1): 2011–12
- "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 34. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- Joey van den Berg at WorldFootball.net
- Van den Berg evenaart recordaantal rode kaarten - AD (in Dutch)
- "Joey van den Berg set to join the Royals". Reading F.C. 28 June 2016.
- "Reading 2-0 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Van den Berg extends Royals contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- "Joey van den Berg heads to Holland on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "Paul McShane: Reading defender released by the Championship club". BBC Sport. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Joey van den Berg". www.nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- Joey van den Berg en NEC stevenen af op voortijdige breuk, destentor.nl, 5 August 2019
- Joey van den Berg mag transfervrij vertrekken bij NEC, meppelercourant.nl, 12 August 2019
- NEC ontbindt contract Joey van den Berg, gelderlander.nl, 4 November 2019
- Joey van den Berg gaat bij amateurs van Alcides voetballen, ad.nl, 3 February 2020
- Joey van den Berg komt niet meer in actie voor Alcides, tweenul.nl, 20 September 2020
- "J.van den Berg". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)