Nico Berg | |
Fullname: | Nicolas Berg |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1973 |
Birth Place: | North Vancouver, Canada |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Lynn Valley Falcons |
Years1: | 1992 |
Clubs1: | London Lasers |
Caps1: | 5 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 1992 |
Clubs2: | Vancouver 86ers |
Caps2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1993 |
Clubs3: | Winnipeg Fury |
Years4: | 1994–2002 |
Clubs4: | Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps |
Caps4: | 112 |
Years5: | 2004 |
Clubs5: | Surrey Pegasus FC |
Nationalyears1: | 1988–1989 |
Nationalteam1: | Canada U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1991–1992 |
Nationalteam2: | Canada U20 |
Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 1994–1996 |
Nationalteam3: | Canada U23 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nicolas "Nico" Berg (born September 11, 1973) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Played youth soccer with the Lynn Valley Falcons and was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds men's varsity soccer team.[1] Berg played in the Canadian Soccer League in 1992 with the London Lasers.[2] In 1993, he played in the Canadian National Soccer League with Winnipeg Fury.[3] In 1994, Berg joined the Vancouver 86ers in the American Professional Soccer League.[4] Berg did not play in 2000, but returned to the team in 2001. That season, the 86ers were renamed the Whitecamps. Berg retired after the 2002 season. In 2004, he played for the amateur Surrey Pegasus FC when it won the 2004 Canadian National Challenge Cup.
Berg played one game at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. He went on to appear for Canada at the U-20 and U-23 levels.
In 1997, Berg earned a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of British Columbia. He later gained a masters in physiotherapy from the University of Queensland. He works as a sports physiotherapist.[5]
Club | Season | League | League | Playoffs | National Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Vancouver 86ers | 1994 | APSL | |||||||||
1995 | A-League | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
1996 | |||||||||||
1997 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
1998 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
1999 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
Vancouver Whitecaps | 2001 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
2002 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
Career total |