based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
Also this season
Earlier this season at Middlesbrough — Championship: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 161 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at 1. FC Köln; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
R. van den Berg is a 22-year-old full-back at 1. FC Köln, rated 67.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 18th of 80 on scout potential in the Bundesliga and 71st of 1538 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.16 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Berg.
Judged on this season alone, Berg graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 16 of the 16 full-backs in the Bundesliga, on 1 clean sheet and 3.163 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 68, top 25% of the 16 full-backs in the Bundesliga. At 22 Berg is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 38.4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · 1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side
3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 37.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 67.7, Berg carries the 4th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Bundesliga of 16 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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