Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
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.
| 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 |
Following his move to 1. FC Köln, Berg's current-season form is down 54% on last season (Season 24→11), while his Rating held around 69. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 29).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1. FC Köln · 14th | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 69 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Middlesbrough · 10th | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7.01 | 68 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | Middlesbrough · 8th | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6.89 | 72 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | PEC Zwolle · 2nd | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 52 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | PEC Zwolle · 18th | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 57 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | PEC Zwolle · 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 56 | 1 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. van den Berg is a 22-year-old full-back at 1. FC Köln, rated 69.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 133rd of 325 in the Bundesliga and 369th of 2918 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (45.2% 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 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 51st of 55 of the 55 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 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 69, 25th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Bundesliga. At 22 Berg is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 39.4 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.
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.
With a Rating of 69.4, Berg carries the 25th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Bundesliga of 55 — 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.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~42), then tapers with age. At 22, Berg sits on 39.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Berg's projected Rating — 69.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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