Name Luciano den | Role Footballer | |
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Died September 18, 2005, Almere, Netherlands | ||
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Luciano van den Berg (22 June 1984 - 18 September 2005) was a Dutch football defender.
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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.
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.
References
Luciano van den Berg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA