Profile
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.
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 69.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 132nd of 325 on scout potential in the Bundesliga and 356th of 2878 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, 24th 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.
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 45.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 69.4, Berg carries the 24th-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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
