My Take
I'll be honest, Sepp van den Berg is exactly the kind of player I love to track — a young Dutch centre-back who came through Liverpool's academy, spent years grinding through loan moves at Preston, Blackpool, and Mainz, quietly building his game while most people weren't paying attention, and then suddenly emerged as a genuinely composed, ball-playing defender in the Bundesliga before landing at Brentford in the Premier League. Born in Zwolle in 2001, he's still barely in his early twenties, and already he's got top-flight experience across multiple countries. There's something very Dutch about his style — calm on the ball, reads the game intelligently, doesn't panic — and I think he's one of those players who'll be a household name in a few years once the wider audience catches up to what close watchers already know.
Overview
Sepp van den Berg (born 20 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays either as a centre-back or right-back for Premier League club Brentford.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sepp van den Berg
- Name (Japanese)
- セップ・ファン・デン・ベルフ
- Reading
- せっぷ・ふぁん・でん・べるふ
- Born
- December 20, 2001 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.