Luciano van den Berg

Luciano van den Berg
Personal information
Full name Luciano Thomas van den Berg
Date of birth (1984-06-22)22 June 1984
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 18 September 2005(2005-09-18) (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.

Club career

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.[1] He started his first match against FC Zwolle the next season, on the day before he lost his life in a car accident.

Personal life

Death

Van den Berg died in September 2005 when he lost control of his car, drove through a roadblock and crashed.[2] A close friend of Nigel de Jong, he was only 21 years old.[3] The club retired his number 22 in his honour.[4]

References

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