Luciano van den Berg | |
Fullname: | Luciano Thomas van den Berg |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1984 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Almere, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | FC Abcoude |
Youthclubs2: | FC Omnniworld |
Years1: | 2004–2005 |
Caps1: | 2 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Luciano Thomas van den Berg (22 June 1984 – 18 September 2005) was a Dutch football defender.
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.
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]