Davy van den Berg
{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 2000)}}
{{distinguish|Dave van den Bergh}}
{{Family name hatnote|van den Berg|Berg or den Berg|lang=Dutch}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Davy van den Berg
| image = Go Ahead Eagles - PEC Zwolle - 53521966542 b47f2ca957.jpg
| full_name = Dave Johannes Andreas van den Berg{{cite web |title=D. van den Berg – Profiel |url=https://www.vi.nl/spelers/davy-van-den-berg/profiel |website=Voetbal International |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=nl}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|02|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uden, Netherlands
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = PEC Zwolle
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = UDI '19
| youthyears2 = 2008–2018
| youthclubs2 = PSV
| youthyears3 = 2019–2021
| youthclubs3 = Utrecht
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = Jong Utrecht
| caps1 = 40
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2020–2022
| clubs2 = Utrecht
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022
| clubs3 = → Roda JC Kerkrade (loan )
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022–2025
| clubs4 = PEC Zwolle
| caps4 = 95
| goals4 = 12
| years5 = 2025-
| clubs5 = FC Utrecht
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U15
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U16
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2018
| nationalteam3 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 6 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 13:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
}}
Dave Johannes Andreas van den Berg (born 4 February 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle.
Club career
=Early years=
Van den Berg played youth football for his hometown club UDI '19, before joining the PSV Eindhoven youth academy in 2008.{{cite news |title=Davy van den Berg sluit aan bij Jong FC Utrecht |url=https://utrecht.nieuws.nl/sport/70727/davy-van-den-berg-sluit-aan-bij-jong-fc-utrecht/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=Utrecht Nieuws |date=13 February 2019 |language=nl}}
On 3 October 2018, Van den Berg was a part of the PSV under-19 side competing in the UEFA Youth League, under head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy. He made his debut in the competition against Inter Milan's under-19s, coming on as a late substitute for Rico Zeegers in a 2–1 win.{{cite news |title=PSV Onder-19 wordt beloond en wint laat van Inter |url=https://www.fcupdate.nl/voetbalnieuws/339432/psv-onder-19-wordt-beloond-en-wint-laat-van-inter/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=FCUpdate |date=3 October 2018 |language=nl}} At the end of 2018, Van den Berg disagreed with his coach Van Nistelrooy, and his contract was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web |title=Davy gunt de Roda JC-fans promotie van harte |url=https://www.rodajckerkrade.nl/nieuwsbericht/31-03-2022/davy-gunt-de-roda-jc-fans-promotie-van-harte |website=Roda JC Kerkrade |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420022459/https://www.rodajckerkrade.nl/nieuwsbericht/31-03-2022/davy-gunt-de-roda-jc-fans-promotie-van-harte |archive-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl |date=31 March 2022 |url-status=live}}
=Utrecht=
Van den Berg joined FC Utrecht on 13 February 2019 on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2021 with an option for an additional year.{{cite news |last1=Elfrink |first1=Rik |title=FC Utrecht neemt Davy van den Berg (19) definitief over van PSV |url=https://www.ed.nl/psv/fc-utrecht-neemt-davy-van-den-berg-19-definitief-over-van-psv~ac910b17/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=13 February 2019 |language=nl}} He made his debut for the reserve team Jong FC Utrecht, competing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie, on 18 October 2019 in a 2–2 home draw against De Graafschap, coming on as a substitute for Hicham Acheffay.{{cite web |title=Nieuw FC Utrecht-contract voor Davy van den Berg |url=https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2020/september/nieuw-fc-utrecht-contract-voor-davy-van-den-berg/ |website=FC Utrecht |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623131439/https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2020/september/nieuw-fc-utrecht-contract-voor-davy-van-den-berg/ |archive-date=23 June 2022 |language=nl |date=9 September 2020 |url-status=live}}
On 9 September 2020, his contract was extended until 2023 including an option for an additional year.
He made his Eredivisie debut for Utrecht on 29 August 2021 as a late substitute in a game against Feyenoord.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/29/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-fc-utrecht/feyenoord-rotterdam-nv/3512481/|title=Utrecht v Feyenoord game report|date=29 August 2021}}
On 31 January 2022, van den Berg was loaned to Roda JC Kerkrade.{{cite press release|publisher=Roda|url=https://www.rodajckerkrade.nl/nieuwsbericht/31-01-2022/davy-van-den-berg-op-huurbasis-naar-roda-jc|title=DAVY VAN DEN BERG OP HUURBASIS NAAR RODA JC|date=31 January 2022|access-date=4 February 2022|language=nl}}
=PEC Zwolle=
Van den Berg joined PEC Zwolle on 4 August 2022, signing a two-year contract with an option for an additional year.{{cite web |title=Davy van den Berg tekent tweejarig contract |url=https://peczwolle.nl/nieuws/davy-van-den-berg-tekent-tweejarig-contract |website=PEC Zwolle |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806181356/https://peczwolle.nl/nieuws/davy-van-den-berg-tekent-tweejarig-contract |archive-date=6 August 2022 |language=nl |date=4 August 2022 |url-status=live}} He made his debut for the club on 7 August, coming off the bench for Tomislav Mrkonjić in the second half of a 2–1 league win over De Graafschap.{{cite web |title=PEC Zwolle start met verdiende zege op De Graafschap |url=https://peczwolle.nl/nieuws/pec-zwolle-start-met-verdiende-zege-op-de-graafschap |website=PEC Zwolle |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807201728/https://peczwolle.nl/nieuws/pec-zwolle-start-met-verdiende-zege-op-de-graafschap |archive-date=7 August 2022 |language=nl |date=7 August 2022 |url-status=live}}
Personal life
Van den Berg announced in 2023 that he had converted to Islam. He became interested in the religion following the death of his mother when he was 15.{{cite web |title=PEC Zwolle-speler Davy van den Berg bekeerde zich tot de islam: ‘Ik heb mezelf lang voor de gek gehouden’|
url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/pec-zwolle-speler-davy-van-den-berg-bekeerde-zich-tot-de-islam-ik-heb-mezelf-lang-voor-de-gek-gehouden~ac0da9ac/|website=AD.nl}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 19 May 2024}}{{Soccerway|dave-van-den-berg-/475335|accessdate=1 June 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Jong Utrecht
|14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Eerste Divisie |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Eerste Divisie |12 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Utrecht
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Eredivisie |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| Roda JC Kerkrade (loan)
|Eerste Divisie |15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=E21|Appearances in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|PEC Zwolle
|Eerste Divisie |33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24
|Eredivisie |30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 8 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 66 | 8 | |||
| colspan=3|Career total
!119 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 10 |
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References
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:PSV Eindhoven players
Category:Jong FC Utrecht players
Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Sportspeople from Uden
Category:Footballers from North Brabant
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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