Rav van den Berg
Dutch footballer (born 2004)
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Rav Wiebe van den Berg (born 7 July 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rav Wiebe van den Berg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Zwolle, Netherlands[2] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2021 | PEC Zwolle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | PEC Zwolle | 28 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Middlesbrough | 61 | (1) |
| 2025– | 1. FC Köln | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Netherlands U21 | 11 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:30, 5 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:20, 27 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
PEC Zwolle
Van den Berg started his career at PEC Zwolle after graduating through their academy and was linked with transfers to Ajax and PSV in March 2019, aged 14.[5] He was included in a first team training camp in Spain midway through the 2019–20 season, aged 15,[6] before signing a two-year contract with the club in May 2020.[7] He made his first-team debut for the club on 1 May 2021, starting in a 2–1 Eredivisie defeat to SBV Vitesse at the age of 16 years and 298 days.[8][9]
Middlesbrough
On 6 July 2023, Van den Berg signed a four-year contract with Middlesbrough.[10][11]
Van den Berg made his debut against Huddersfield Town in the EFL Cup in a 3–2 victory. He scored his first goal for the club on 28 November 2023 in a 4–0 win against Preston North End.[12] At the end of the 2023–24 season, Van Den Berg was named as Middlesbrough's Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season.[13]
1. FC Köln
On 13 August 2025, Van den Berg joined Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln signing a five-year contract for a fee believed to be €13,000,000 (£11,200,000).[14]
International career
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Brentford F.C. defender Sepp van den Berg.[16]
Career statistics
- As of match played 5 April 2026[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PEC Zwolle | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Middlesbrough | 2023–24 | Championship | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 66 | 1 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 103 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 2 | ||
Honours
Individual
- Middlesbrough Player of the Season: 2023–24[13]
- Middlesbrough Young Player of the Season: 2023–24[13]