Ricky van den Bergh

Ricky van den Bergh

Personal information
Full name	Richard van den Bergh
Date of birth	(1980-11-17) 17 November 1980
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)
2010–2011	Sparta Rotterdam	13	(2)
2011–2013	Spakenburg	31	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2014 (UTC)

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

Club career

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.

ADO Den Haag

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. 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.

Sparta Rotterdam

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.