Luciano van den Berg
Dutch football player
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| Intro | Dutch football player | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 22 June 1984, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | |
| Death | 18 September 2005Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (aged 21 years) |
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Biography
Luciano van den Berg (22 June 1984 - 18 September 2005) was a Dutch football defender.
Club career
He made his debut for Stormvogels Telstar as a substitute against VVV Venlo 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.
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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 only 21 years old. The club retired his number 22 in his honour.