Mandy van den Berg

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

Mandy van den Berg

Personal information
Full name	Mandy van den Berg[1]
Date of birth	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Naaldwijk, Netherlands
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Westlandia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2012	ADO Den Haag	57	(7)
2012–2014	Vittsjö GIK	47	(3)
2015	LSK Kvinner FK	11	(0)
2016	Liverpool	10	(0)
2016–2017	Reading	6	(1)
2018–2020	Valencia	40	(1)
2020–	PSV	45	(2)
International career^‡
2010–2017	Netherlands	90	(6)
Medal record Women's football Representing the  Netherlands UEFA Women's Championship 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2017

Mandy van den Berg-Carreras (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛndi vɑn də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]; born 26 August 1990) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a defender and for the Netherlands women's national team.[2] She formerly played club football in the Eredivisie Vrouwen for ADO Den Haag, for Vittsjö GIK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan and for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien.

Club career

Vittsjö

Van den Berg made her league debut against Tyresö on 20 August 2012.[3] She scored her first league goal against Mallbackens on 6 June 2013, scoring in the 34th minute.[4]

Kvinner

After spending three seasons in Sweden with Vittsjö, Van den Berg signed for LSK Kvinner of Lillestrøm, Norway in December 2014.[5] She made her league debut against Lillestrøm on 29 March 2015.[6] LSK Kvinner secured a double in 2015.

Liverpool

Van den Berg left after one season to join English FA WSL club Liverpool.[7] She made her league debut against Birmingham City on 23 March 2016.[8] Van den Berg played 12 times for Liverpool, who finished fifth in WSL 1.

Reading

Van den Berg transferred to Reading at the end of the season from Liverpool.[9] She made her league debut against Manchester City on 7 May 2017.[10] Van den Berg scored her first league goal against Yeovil Town on 17 May 2017, scoring in the 8th minute.[11]

Valencia

Van den Berg was announced at Valencia on 8 January 2018.[12] She made her league debut against Santa Teresa on 28 January 2018.[13] She scored her first league goal against Espanyol on 16 September 2018, scoring in the 63rd minute.[14] On 14 June 2019, it was announced that she had extended her contract until 30 June 2020.[15]

PSV

Van den Berg was announced at PSV on 3 June 2020.[16] She made her league debut against Heerenveen on 13 September 2020.[17] Van den Berg scored her first league goal against Ajax on 7 November 2021, scoring in the 72nd minute.[18] On 27 May 2022, it was announced she had extended her contract until 2023, for one more season.[19]

On May 5, 2023, Van den Berg announced her retirement.[20]

International career

Van den Berg began playing football aged six and was called up for the Netherlands Under-17 team while still at school in her native Naaldwijk.[21] After winning 22 caps at Under-19 level, Van den Berg debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 15 December 2010. She replaced captain Daphne Koster for the second half of a 3–1 win over Mexico during a friendly tournament in Brazil.[22]

National team coach Roger Reijners named Van den Berg in his final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[23] When she suffered knee ligament damage shortly before the tournament, Merel van Dongen was called up as a late replacement.[24]

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Van den Berg captained the Netherlands in their first ever appearance at the World Cup finals.[7]

Van den Berg also captained the team that won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament. She made 4 appearances for the team at the tournament; starting 2 group stage games and being used as a substitute in two knockout games.[25] After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[26]

She left the national team after the European cup and did not play on the 2019 World Cup silver medalist squad.[27]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[28]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 September 2011	TATA Steel Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands	Serbia	2–0	6–0	2013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
2.	23 November 2013	Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Greece	7–0	7–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.	5 April 2014	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece		4–0	6–0
4.	2 March 2016	Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands	Switzerland	3–1	4–3	2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5.	6 March 2017	Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	1–0	2017 Algarve Cup
6.	8 July 2017	Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Wales	5–0	5–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

ADO Den Haag

• Eredivisie (1): 2011–12
• KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2011–12

LSK Kvinner

• Toppserien (1): 2015
• Norwegian Women's Cup (1): 2015

International

Netherlands

• UEFA Women's Euro (1): 2017

Individual

• Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017

Personal life

Van den Berg is in a relationship with Spanish footballer Georgina Carreras.[29]

References

1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
2. "Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
3. "Tyresö vs Vittsjö - 20 August 2012". int.soccerway.com.
4. "Mallbacken vs Vittsjö - 6 June 2013". int.soccerway.com.
5. "Lämnar Vittsjö för Norge" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
6. "Lillestrøm vs Stabæk - 29 March 2015". int.soccerway.com.
7. "Ladies sign Netherlands captain Van Den Berg". Liverpool F.C. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
8. "Liverpool vs Birmingham City - 23 March 2016". int.soccerway.com.
9. "Mandy van den Berg joins Reading Women from Liverpool Ladies". BBC Sport. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
10. "Reading vs Manchester City - 7 May 2017". int.soccerway.com.
11. "Yeovil Town vs Reading - 17 May 2017". int.soccerway.com.
12. "Van den Berg tekent contract bij Valencia". NOS (in Dutch).
13. "Santa Teresa vs Valencia - 28 January 2018". int.soccerway.com.
14. "Valencia vs Espanyol - 16 September 2018". int.soccerway.com.
15. "RENOVACIÓN DE MANDY VAN DEN BERG HASTA 2020". Valencia CF (in Spanish).
16. "ERVAREN VAN DEN BERG KIEST VOOR PSV VROUWEN". PSV (in Dutch). 3 June 2020.
17. "Heeenveen vs PSV - 13 September 2020". int.soccerway.com.
18. "Ajax vs PSV - 7 November 2021". int.soccerway.com.
19. "NIEUW CONTRACT CAPTAIN MANDY VAN DEN BERG BLIJFT BIJ PSV". PSV (in Dutch). 27 May 2022.
20. "Oud-international Mandy van den Berg (32) stopt met voetballen". NU (in Dutch).
21. "Mandy van den Berg droomt van het grote Oranje" (in Dutch). Het Hele Westland. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
22. Maarten de Jong (24 December 2010). "EXCLUSIEF – Interview met Mandy van den Berg" (in Dutch). Voetbal Centraal. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
23. "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
24. Scholten, Berend (1 July 2013). "Van Dongen replaces Van den Berg for Oranje". UEFA. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
25. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
26. "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
27. "Wiegman lijkt Captain van den Berg te passeren voor cruciaal duel". vi.nl. 23 July 2017.
28. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
29. "FOTO | Van den Berg deelt heuglijk nieuws: "Onze liefde groeit"".

External links

• Van den Berg profile on Onsoranje (in Dutch)
• Van den Berg profile on women's Netherlands (in Dutch)
• Mandy van den Berg – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Mandy van den Berg at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
• Mandy van den Berg at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
• Mandy van den Berg at Soccerway