Joey van den Berg

In this Dutch name, the surname is van den Berg, not Berg.
Joey van den Berg
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

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]

Career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2019.[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Honours

PEC Zwolle

References

  1. ^ "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 34. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ Joey van den Berg at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Van den Berg evenaart recordaantal rode kaarten - AD (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "Joey van den Berg set to join the Royals". Reading F.C. 28 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Reading 2-0 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Van den Berg extends Royals contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Joey van den Berg heads to Holland on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Paul McShane: Reading defender released by the Championship club". BBC Sport. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Joey van den Berg". www.nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  10. ^ Joey van den Berg en NEC stevenen af op voortijdige breuk, destentor.nl, 5 August 2019
  11. ^ Joey van den Berg mag transfervrij vertrekken bij NEC, meppelercourant.nl, 12 August 2019
  12. ^ NEC ontbindt contract Joey van den Berg, gelderlander.nl, 4 November 2019
  13. ^ Joey van den Berg gaat bij amateurs van Alcides voetballen, ad.nl, 3 February 2020
  14. ^ Joey van den Berg komt niet meer in actie voor Alcides, tweenul.nl, 20 September 2020
  15. ^ "J.van den Berg". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.