Joey van den Berg

Joey van den Berg (born 13 February 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder. He formerly played professional football for SC Heerenveen, FC Omniworld, Go Ahead Eagles, PEC Zwolle and Reading.[2]

Joey van den Berg

Personal information
Full name	Joey van den Berg[1]
Date of birth	(1986-02-13) 13 February 1986
Place of birth	Nijeveen, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	MSC
	SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	SC Heerenveen	2	(0)
2006	FC Omniworld	19	(1)
2007–2008	Go Ahead Eagles	11	(1)
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2019

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2019.[13]

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[14]	Championship	28	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	34	1
	2017–18[15]		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

• Eerste Divisie (1): 2011–12

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). 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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. "J.van den Berg". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
14. "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
15. "Games played by Joey van den Berg in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

External links

• Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)