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Luciano van den Berg

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 as a substitute against VVV Venlo in the 2004/2005 Eerste Divisie playoffs, immediately scoring the winning goal.[1] 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.[2] A close friend of Nigel de Jong, he was aged 21.[3] The club retired his number 22 in his honour.[4]

References

  1. ^ In Memoriam: Luciano van den Berg Archived 2019-04-11 at the Wayback Machine – Staantribune (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Telstar-voetballer rijdt door wegafzetting en verongelukt – Trouw (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Telstars Luciano van den Berg verongelukt – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Telstar-fans herdenken Van den Berg – RTV Noord Holland (in Dutch)