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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of 1. FC Köln's ~34 games this season through 6 injury absences (shoulder). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1138 | 6.65 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Netherlands U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 360 | — |
 UEFA U21 Championshipat Netherlands U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 6.9 |
 Championshipat Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 6.75 |
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 132nd of 320 on scout potential in the Bundesliga and 369th of 2847 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 44th of 50 of the 50 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 40% of the 50 full-backs in the Bundesliga. At 22 Berg is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 38.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Berg missed 6 games through injury (shoulder) out of roughly 34 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
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 20th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Bundesliga of 50 — 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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