Richard van den Bergh () (born 17 November 1980 in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

) is a Dutch former

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Club career

He previously played for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

(2002–2006), for whom he scored 54 goals in four seasons as well as

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

and

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

ADO Den Haag

The hot-headed

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played 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 ...

since the summer of 2009 in the Dutch highest league,

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. Van den Bergh is infamous for hitting the bar from free kicks. In his last season at

, he hit the bar six times, after the first nine matches at

he had already got three hits. On 5 April 2010 in the game against Ajax Amsterdam played since the 75 minute between the final whistle as goalkeeper, who replaced Barry Ditewig who was shown the red card in the 74th minute.ADO Den Haag – Ajax 0–1
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Sparta Rotterdam

On 8 December 2010 it was announced that Van den Bergh's contract with

was terminated, because of a disagreement about his number of matches. On 14 December 2010 he signed with

until the end of the season.

References

1980 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards RKC Waalwijk players Sparta Rotterdam players Heracles Almelo players ADO Den Haag players SV Spakenburg players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub