Johannes van den Bergh (born 21 November 1986) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

Career

Van den Bergh was born in Germany, and is of distant Dutch descent. He started his professional career with

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

, making his first appearance on 16 September 2006 in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

. He was substituted on in the 46th minute in a 2–4 defeat to

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

. On 23 June 2009, Van den Bergh left Borussia Mönchengladbach and signed a three-year contract with

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. On 24 May 2013, Van den Bergh left Fortuna Düsseldorf and signed a three-year contract with

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

. In June 2016 he joined Spanish side

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

. On 30 January 2017, Van den Bergh returned to Germany on a six-month loan deal with Greuther Fürth. In August 2017, he moved to

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* * 1986 births Living people People from Viersen Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German footballers German people of Dutch descent Association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Hertha BSC players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Holstein Kiel players Segunda División players Getafe CF footballers German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub