Vincent van den Berg is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football

Football (soccer)

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er, who currently plays for Excelsior Maassluis

Excelsior Maassluis

V.V. Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1918, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse.-External links:*...

. He can play as a midfielder

Midfielder

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, winger

Winger (sport)

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 or striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

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Van den Berg played as a youth for SC Heerenveen, moving to Arsenal aged 17 in mid 2006. He has played for both Arsenal's Academy

Arsenal F.C. Academy

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 (U18) and Reserve

Arsenal F.C. Reserves

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 teams, but has only played in pre-season friendlies for the first team, most notably as a substitute in Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp , is a former Dutch professional footballer who is currently the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, and Arsenal, and also represented the Netherlands at international level...

's testimonial match.

Van den Berg has played for the Netherlands U17 team

Netherlands national under-17 football team

The Netherlands national under-17 football team represents Netherlands in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond — KNVB, the governing body for football in Netherlands...

, and was a member of the side that reached third place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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 in Peru

Peru

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 in 2005

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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On January 7, 2008 Arsenal officially confirmed he would go on loan to Go Ahead Eagles

Go Ahead Eagles

The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...

 for the second half of the 2007-08

2007-08 in English football

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 season. He made his debut in a friendly match against Samsunspor

Samsunspor

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, during which he was injured and had to be substituted after 25 minutes. After recovering, he went on to play four games for Go Ahead, but did not score any goals.

On 12 August 2008, Van den Berg joined FC Zwolle

FC Zwolle

FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...

 on loan, for the 2008-09 season, but did not play for the first team, due to injuries.

With his Arsenal contract due to expire in the summer of 2009, he was offered a trial with Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....

, but was again injured. He has since signed a one year contract with Hoofdklasse

Hoofdklasse

The Hoofdklasse is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fourth tier in general.-Background:The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation , the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday-clubs are by...

 side Excelsior Maassluis

Excelsior Maassluis

V.V. Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1918, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse.-External links:*...

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Club career statistics

(correct as of 8 March 2008)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... (loan)	2007-08 2007-08 in English football The 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0