Joey van den Berg

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joey van den Berg

| image =

| full_name = Joey van den Berg{{cite web |title=EFL: Club list of registered players |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/efl-released-and-retained-list---2016-17.pdf |publisher=English Football League |page=34 |date=20 May 2017 |accessdate=6 October 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nijeveen, Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SVN '69

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = SC Heerenveen

| years1 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = SC Heerenveen

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = FC Omniworld

| caps2 = 19

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2006–2007

| clubs3 = MSC

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2007–2008

| clubs4 = Go Ahead Eagles

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2008–2010

| clubs5 = Alcides

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 2010–2013

| clubs6 = PEC Zwolle

| caps6 = 73

| goals6 = 15

| years7 = 2013–2016

| clubs7 = SC Heerenveen

| caps7 = 97

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2016–2019

| clubs8 = Reading

| caps8 = 61

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2018–2019

| clubs9 = → NEC (loan)

| caps9 = 28

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = NEC

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2020

| clubs11 = Alcides

| caps11 = 3

| goals11 = 0

| club-update =

}}

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.{{Worldfootball.net|joey-van-den-berg}}

Career

=Dutch Club Career=

A tough-tackling defensive midfielder, Van den Berg received a record-equaling 7th Eredivisie red card in March 2016.[http://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/van-den-berg-evenaart-recordaantal-rode-kaarten~a2e7c2ec/ Van den Berg evenaart recordaantal rode kaarten] - AD {{in lang|nl}}

=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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/joey-van-den-berg-signs-for-reading-3160200.aspx |title=Joey van den Berg set to join the Royals |date=28 June 2016 |website=Reading F.C.}} He scored his first goal for Reading in a 2–0 EFL Cup win against Plymouth Argyle on 9 August 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36949777|title=Reading 2-0 Plymouth|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 August 2016|accessdate=9 August 2016}} On 27 September 2017, van den Berg extended his contract with Reading until the summer of 2019.{{cite web|title=Van den Berg extends Royals contract|url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2017/september/van-den-berg-extends-royals-contract/|website=readingfc.co.uk|publisher=Reading F.C.|accessdate=28 September 2017|date=27 September 2017}}

On 25 July 2018, van den Berg joined NEC in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on a season-long loan deal.{{cite web |title=Joey van den Berg heads to Holland on loan |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2018/july/joey-van-den-berg-heads-to-holland-on-loan |website=readingfc.co.uk/ |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=25 July 2018 |date=25 July 2018}}

He was released by Reading at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48226508|title=Paul McShane: Reading defender released by the Championship club|date=10 May 2019|accessdate=10 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}

= NEC =

After his release by Reading in July 2019, he rejoined his old club, NEC on a two-year contract.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/teams/selectie/selectie-speler/joey-van-den-berg.htm|title=Joey van den Berg|date=2018-08-01|website=www.nec-nijmegen.nl|language=nl|access-date=2019-07-22}} 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.[https://www.destentor.nl/pec-zwolle/joey-van-den-berg-en-nec-stevenen-af-op-voortijdige-breuk~abe82458/?referrer=https://www.google.dk/ Joey van den Berg en NEC stevenen af op voortijdige breuk], destentor.nl, 5 August 2019 Van den Berg revealed in the medias, that the coaches suddenly told him, that "you get little playing time this season".[https://meppelercourant.nl/artikel/1038541/joey-van-den-berg-mag-transfervrij-vertrekken-bij-nec.html?harvest_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.dk%2F Joey van den Berg mag transfervrij vertrekken bij NEC], meppelercourant.nl, 12 August 2019 On 4 November 2019, his contract was terminated.[https://www.gelderlander.nl/nec/nec-ontbindt-contract-joey-van-den-berg~a62f1ef5/?referrer=https://www.google.dk/ NEC ontbindt contract Joey van den Berg], gelderlander.nl, 4 November 2019

=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.[https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/joey-van-den-berg-gaat-bij-amateurs-van-alcides-voetballen~a6b5702f/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Joey van den Berg gaat bij amateurs van Alcides voetballen], ad.nl, 3 February 2020

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.[https://www.tweenul.nl/nieuws/joey-van-den-berg-komt-niet-meer-in-actie-voor-alcides?harvest_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Joey van den Berg komt niet meer in actie voor Alcides], tweenul.nl, 20 September 2020

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 15 March 2019.}}{{cite web|title=J.van den Berg|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/joey-van-den-berg/49693/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=22 August 2016}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|PEC Zwolle \|2010–11 \|rowspan="2"\|Eerste Divisie \|27	5	2	0	colspan="2"
\|4	0	33	5
2011–12 \|30	7	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|31	7
2012–13 \|Eredivisie \|16	3	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|17	3
colspan="2"\|Total !73	15	4	0	-	-	4	0	81	15
rowspan="5"\|SC Heerenveen \|2012–13 \|rowspan="4"\|Eredivisie \|13	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|2	0	15	0
2013–14 \|29	2	2	0	colspan="2"
\|2	0	33	2
2014–15 \|29	2	1	0	colspan="2"
\|4	0	34	2
2015–16 \|26	4	3	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|29	4
colspan="2"\|Total !97	8	6	0	-	-	8	0	111	8
rowspan="3"\|Reading \|2016–17{{soccerbase season\|66053\|2016\|accessdate=22 August 2016}} \|rowspan="2"\|Championship \|28	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	34	1
2017–18{{soccerbase season\|66053\|2017\|accessdate=22 August 2016}} \|33	1	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	34	1
colspan="2"\|Total !61	1	2	0	2	1	3	0	68	2
NEC (loan) \|2018–19 \|Eerste Divisie \|24	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|25	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !255	24	13	0	2	1	15	0	285	25