Vincent van den Berg

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Personal information
Vincent van den Berg
Full name	Vincent van den Berg
Date of birth	January 19, 1989 (1989-01-19) (age 19)
Place of birth	Netherlands
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Go Ahead Eagles (on loan from Arsenal)
Number	—
Youth clubs
2004-2006	SC Heerenveen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006- 2008-	Arsenal → Go Ahead Eagles (loan)	0 (0) 5 (0)
National team²
2005-	Netherlands U17	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Vincent van den Berg (born January 19, 1989, Schiedam) is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for Go Ahead Eagles on loan from English club Arsenal. He can play as a midfielder, winger or striker.^[1]

Van den Berg played as a youth for SC Heerenveen, moving to Arsenal aged 17 in mid 2006. He has played for both Arsenal's Academy (U18) and Reserve teams, but has only played in pre-season friendlies for the first team, most notably as a substitute in Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial match.^[1]

Van den Berg has played for the Netherlands U17 team, and was a member of the side that reached third place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005.^[1] On January 7, 2008 Arsenal officially confirmed he would go on loan to Go Ahead Eagles for the second half of the 2007-08 season.^[2] He made his debut in a friendly match against Samsunspor, during which he was injured and had to be substituted after 25 minutes.^[3] After recovering, he went on to play four games for Go Ahead, but did not score any goals.^[4]