Nico Berg

Nico Berg
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Berg
Date of birth (1973-09-11) September 11, 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lynn Valley Falcons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 London Lasers 5 (1)
1992 Vancouver 86ers 1 (0)
1993 Winnipeg Fury
1994–2002 Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps 112
2004 Surrey Pegasus FC
International career
1988–1989 Canada U16 4 (0)
1991–1992 Canada U20 8 (0)
1994–1996 Canada U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolas "Nico" Berg (born September 11, 1973) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a midfielder.

Player

Club

Played youth soccer with the Lynn Valley Falcons and was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds men's varsity soccer team.[1] Berg played in the Canadian Soccer League in 1992 with the London Lasers.[2] In 1993, he played in the Canadian National Soccer League with Winnipeg Fury.[3] In 1994, Berg joined the Vancouver 86ers in the American Professional Soccer League.[4] Berg did not play in 2000, but returned to the team in 2001. That season, the 86ers were renamed the Whitecamps. Berg retired after the 2002 season. In 2004, he played for the amateur Surrey Pegasus FC when it won the 2004 Canadian National Challenge Cup.

International

Berg played one game at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. He went on to appear for Canada at the U-20 and U-23 levels.

Physiotherapist

In 1997, Berg earned a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of British Columbia. He later gained a masters in physiotherapy from the University of Queensland. He works as a sports physiotherapist.[5]

Career stats

Club Season League League Playoffs National Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vancouver 86ers 1994 APSL
1995 A-League 8 0
1996
1997 24 0
1998 3 0
1999 26 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 2001 9 0
2002 11 0
Career total

References

  1. ^ "Nico Berg - Men's Soccer". University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ "Whitecaps sign Kevan Cameron and Nico Berg". OurSports Central. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. ^ McDonald, Marvin (1993-05-14). "Heavy debts nag Fury". NewspaperArchive.com. Winnipeg Free Press. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  4. ^ "Nico Berg | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. ^ "Nico Berg B.Sc. (PT)". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2013-03-29.