Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luciano Thomas van den Berg | ||
Date of birth | 22 June 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 18 September 2005 | (aged 21)||
Place of death | Almere, Netherlands | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Abcoude | |||
FC Omnniworld | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Stormvogels Telstar | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Luciano van den Berg (22 June 1984 - 18 September 2005) was a Dutch football defender.
He made his debut for Stormvogels Telstar as a substitute against VVV Venlo in the 2004/2005 Eerste Divisie playoffs, immediately scoring the winning goal. He started his first match against FC Zwolle the next season, on the day before he lost his life in a car accident.
Van den Berg died in September 2005 when he lost control of his car, drove through a roadblock and crashed. A close friend of Nigel de Jong, he was only 21 years old. The club retired his number 22 in his honour.