Mandy van den Berg (; born 26 August 1990) is a Dutch

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who plays as a defender for PSV and formerly for the Netherlands women's national team. She formerly played club football in the

Eredivisie Vrouwen The Vrouwen Eredivisie () (Dutch for ''Honor Division'', ''Eredivisie Vrouwen'' before 2020), also known as the Azerion Eredivisie Vrouwen due to a 3 year sponsor contract starting from the 2022–2023 season, is the highest women's football le ...

for

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

, for

Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...

of the Swedish

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and for

LSK Kvinner FK LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norwegian women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on 10 October 1989. History The cl ...

of the Norwegian

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Club career

After spending three seasons in Sweden with Vittsjö, Van den Berg signed for LSK Kvinner of Lillestrøm, Norway in December 2014. LSK Kvinner secured a

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in 2015, but Van den Berg left after one season to join English

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club Liverpool. She played 13 times for Liverpool, who finished fifth in WSL 1, then transferred to Reading at the end of the season.

International career

Van den Berg began playing football aged six and was called up for the Netherlands Under-17 team while still at school in her native Naaldwijk. After winning 22 caps at Under-19 level, Van den Berg debuted for the senior

Netherlands women's national football team The Netherlands women's national football team ( nl, Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA. In 1971, the team played the first women's international foo ...

on 15 December 2010. She replaced captain

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for the second half of a 3–1 win over Mexico during a friendly tournament in Brazil. National team coach Roger Reijners named Van den Berg in his final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in

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. When she suffered knee ligament damage shortly before the tournament, Merel van Dongen was called up as a late replacement. At the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

, Van den Berg captained the Netherlands in their first ever appearance at the World Cup finals. Van den Berg also captained the team that won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament. She made 4 appearances for the team at the tournament; starting 2 group stage games and being used as a substitute in two knockout games. After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and

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and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau. She left the national team after the European cup and did not play on the 2019 World Cup silver medalist squad.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;ADO Den Haag * Eredivisie (1): 2011–12 *

KNVB Women's Cup The KNVB Women's Cup ( nl, KNVB Beker voor Vrouwen) is the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands. The competition was established in 1980, along with the KNVB Amateur Cup. From the 2007-08 season onwards, the first round of th ...

(1): 2011–12 ;LSK Kvinner *

(1):

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Norwegian Women's Cup The Norwegian Women's Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for kvinner) is a knockout cup competition in Norwegian women's football. It has been organised annually since 1978. The final is usually played on a Saturday, the day before the men's ...

(1): 2015

International

;Netherlands * UEFA Women's Euro (1):

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Individual

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch honours system, Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open ...

: 2017

Personal life

Van den Berg is in a relationship with Spanish footballer

Georgina Carreras Georgina 'Gio' Carreras Caner (born 9 June 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder. She previously played for UE L'Estartit, Atlético Madrid and CE Sant Gabriel. She was an Under-19 international. Personal life Carreras is i ...

References

External links

Van den Berg profile on Onsoranje
(in Dutch)
Van den Berg profile on women's Netherlands
(in Dutch) * * * * 1990 births Living people Dutch women's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Netherlands women's international footballers People from Naaldwijk Damallsvenskan players Toppserien players Vittsjö GIK players LSK Kvinner FK players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders Liverpool F.C. Women players Reading F.C. Women players Women's Super League players ADO Den Haag (women) players Eredivisie (women) players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Liga F players Valencia CF Femenino players Dutch expatriate women's footballers PSV (women) players Footballers from South Holland UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Association football people awarded knighthoods Dutch LGBT sportspeople LGBT association football players 21st-century Dutch LGBT people {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub