Richard van den Bergh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈriɕɑrt ˈrɪki vɑn də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]; born 17 November 1980 in The Hague) is a Dutch former footballer.

Ricky van den Bergh
Personal information
Full name Richard van den Bergh
Date of birth (1980-11-17) 17 November 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Attacking Midfielder
Forward
Youth career
1998–1999 VCS
1999–2001 LenS
2001–2002 Kranenburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Sparta Rotterdam 110 (54)
2006–2007 RKC Waalwijk 23 (5)
2007–2009 Heracles Almelo 52 (8)
2009–2010 ADO Den Haag 34 (3[1])
2010–2011 Sparta Rotterdam 13 (2)
2011–2013 Spakenburg 31 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Club career

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He previously played for Sparta Rotterdam (2002–2006), for whom he scored 54 goals in four seasons as well as RKC Waalwijk and Heracles Almelo.[2]

ADO Den Haag

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The hot-headed midfielder played for ADO Den Haag since the summer of 2009 in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie. Van den Bergh is infamous for hitting the bar from free kicks. In his last season at Heracles Almelo, he hit the bar six times, after the first nine matches at ADO Den Haag he had already got three hits.[3] 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.[4]

Sparta Rotterdam

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On 8 December 2010 it was announced that Van den Bergh's contract with ADO Den Haag was terminated, because of a disagreement about his number of matches. On 14 December 2010 he signed with Sparta Rotterdam until the end of the season.

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