Rav van den Berg

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 club 1. FC Köln.

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. He was included in a first team training camp in Spain midway through the 2019–20 season, aged 15, before signing a two-year contract with the club in May 2020. 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.

Middlesbrough On 6 July 2023, Van den Berg signed a four-year contract with Middlesbrough.

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. 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.

International career Van den Berg has represented the Netherlands internationally at under-15 and under-16 levels.

Personal life He is the younger brother of Brentford F.C. defender Sepp van den Berg.

Career statistics

Middlesbrough Young Player of the Season: 2023–24