Nico Berg

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Nico Berg
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Berg
Date of birth (1973-09-11) September 11, 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth North Vancouver, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lynn Valley Falcons
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992 London Lasers 5 (1)
1992 Vancouver 86ers 1 (0)
1993 Winnipeg Fury
1994–2002 Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps 112
2004 Surrey Pegasus FC
International career
1988–1989 Canada U-16 4 (0)
1991–1992 Canada U-20 8 (0)
1994–1996 Canada U-23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolas "Nico" Berg (born September 11, 1973) is a retired Canadian soccer midfielder.

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Player

Club

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.

International

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.

Physiotherapist

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]

Career stats

ClubSeasonLeagueLeaguePlayoffsNational CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vancouver 86ers 1994 APSL
1995 A-League 80
1996
1997 240
1998 30
1999 260
Vancouver Whitecaps 2001 90
2002 110
Career total

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References

  1. ↑ "Nico Berg - Men's Soccer". University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Whitecaps sign Kevan Cameron and Nico Berg". OurSports Central. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. ↑ McDonald, Marvin (1993-05-14). "Heavy debts nag Fury". NewspaperArchive.com. Winnipeg Free Press. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Nico Berg | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. ↑ "Nico Berg B.Sc. (PT)". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
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