Luciano Thomas van den Berg (22 June 1984 – 18 September 2005) was a Dutch football defender.

Club career

He made his debut for

Stormvogels Telstar Sport Vereniging Argon is a Association football, football and basketball club from Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Its male first football squad plays in the Hoofdklasse. History 20th century The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvog ...

as a substitute against

VVV Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

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.

Death

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 aged 21. The club retired his number 22 in his honour.Telstar-fans herdenken Van den Berg
– RTV Noord Holland

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berg, Luciano van den 1984 births 2005 deaths Footballers from Amsterdam Association football defenders Dutch footballers SC Telstar players Eerste Divisie players Road incident deaths in the Netherlands