Richard van den Bergh (; born 17 November 1980 in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

) is a Dutch former

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Club career

He previously played for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

(2002–2006), for whom he scored 54 goals in four seasons as well as

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

and

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

ADO Den Haag

The hot-headed

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played for

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

since the summer of 2009 in the Dutch highest league,

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

. Van den Bergh is infamous for hitting the bar from free kicks. In his last season at

, he hit the bar six times, after the first nine matches at

he had already got three hits. On 5 April 2010 in the game against

Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. ...

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.ADO Den Haag – Ajax 0–1
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Sparta Rotterdam

On 8 December 2010 it was announced that Van den Bergh's contract with

was terminated, because of a disagreement about his number of matches. On 14 December 2010 he signed with

until the end of the season.

References

1980 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards RKC Waalwijk players Sparta Rotterdam players Heracles Almelo players ADO Den Haag players SV Spakenburg players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub