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= = = portsmouth = = =

newly promoted to the premier league portsmouth manager harry redknapp signed berger on a free transfer redknapp said of the deal patrik 's [ sic ] a quality player free and the type of player who 'll bring good experience to portsmouth i had a bit of competition for him but he 's looked round the area and is very happy to join us berger made his first appearance for portsmouth on the opening day against aston villa he scored the club 's second goal berger scored the winning goal in portsmouth 's victory over his former club liverpool in october 2003 a month later he set up the first and fourth portsmouth goals and scored the fifth in portsmouth 's 6 1 win against leeds united on boxing day 2003 berger helped portsmouth to a 2 0 win against tottenham scoring both goals of the game from free kicks the first of which was scored from 35 yards ( 32 m ) berger underwent an operation upon his knee in february 2004 forcing him to miss the remainder of the season
berger started the 2004 05 season with note scoring august 's contender for goal of the season against charlton athletic his second goal of the campaign came in a 3 1 win away to crystal palace striking from 25 yards ( 23 m ) october 2004 saw his final league goal for portsmouth in a 2 2 away draw at norwich scoring a 25 @@ yard free kick
the club endured a difficult end to the season winning just once in a period of 12 matches which prompted the appointment of alain perrin as portsmouth 's new manager berger was one of a number of players including steve stone and shaka hislop whose contracts were due to expire in the summer portsmouth successfully avoided relegation close to the end of the season following a 2 0 loss away at manchester city on 30 april in spite of portsmouth having retained their premier league status berger then joined aston villa on a two @@ year @@ deal citing manager david o 'leary as the main reason for choosing villa

= = = aston villa = = =

berger was hampered by injury during his early villa career making few league appearances during the first part of his second season he only played two matches under new manager martin o 'neill in november 2006 he was sent to championship side stoke city on loan until 4 january 2007 following a fine of two weeks ' wages for refusing to play in a reserve game during his time at stoke he started just one match and took part in a further six as a substitute following his return from stoke berger was commended by o 'neill on his fitness and on 7 april 2007 berger started his first game for villa since october 2005 he marked this occasion by scoring a goal in a 2 1 victory against blackburn rovers berger scored again on 5 may 2007 in the penultimate game of the season against sheffield united on 28 may 2007 berger agreed to sign a one @@ year contract extension with aston villa
berger was injured in the pre @@ season of the 2007 08 premier league keeping him out of league matches until october 2007 he then suffered a recurrence of the same injury and was ruled out for a further period of time on 6 may 2008 berger was told he had played his last game for aston villa after urging captain gareth barry to move to liverpool this came just days after manager martin o 'neill claimed he was desperate to keep barry following interest from premier league rivals chelsea and liverpool at the end of his contract berger was released by the club having appeared in just 29 league matches in three seasons

= = = return to prague = = =

on 29 may 2008 berger returned to prague as a free agent signing a two @@ year contract with boyhood club sparta prague also becoming captain of the club for the 2008 09 gambrinus liga in november 2008 berger scored a hat @@ trick against sk kladno in a 5 0 sparta victory sparta went on to finish the season in second place thus ensuring qualification for the following season 's uefa champions league tournament berger was the club 's top league goalscorer with six goals
during the 2009 10 season berger played just two league matches before undergoing more knee surgery on 6 january 2010 he announced his retirement after failing to recover from a ligament injury

= = = post @@ professional career = = =

berger continued playing football on an amateur basis in august 2010 for sixth @@ tier czech republic side dolní <unk> at the age of 40 he was still playing for the side

= = international career = =

berger represented the youth teams of czechoslovakia from the under @@ 15 level working his way up through under @@ 16 under @@ 17 and under @@ 18 between 1988 and 1991 for these junior teams he had a record of a total of six goals in 49 appearances during this time he won the 1990 uefa european under @@ 16 football championship with the under @@ 16 side scoring in the final against yugoslavia
berger made his senior international debut on 23 march 1993 in a fifa world cup qualifier for czechoslovakia against cyprus which ended 1 1 in october 1995 he scored the second goal in a must @@ win qualification match for euro 1996 against belarus which the czechs won 2 0 in his first 12 international appearances berger totalled eight goals
berger was part of the czech republic team who took part in euro 1996 being singled out as the only player in the squad with the potential to become a major international star in spite of this martin frýdek was preferred to berger in the starting lineup for the first match against germany berger went on to play in all of his nation 's matches in the tournament famously scoring in the final from the penalty spot to give the czech republic a 1 0 lead against germany however the czech republic ultimately lost on the golden goal rule in extra time
between 1997 and 1998 berger boycotted the czech national team due to a conflict with head coach dušan uhrin he returned to the national set @@ up after a 17 @@ month absence following the appointment of jozef chovanec as uhrin 's replacement he made a notable return to the national team scoring two goals from free kicks in a qualification match against estonia
the next major international tournament berger took part in was euro 2000 having been suspended for his nation 's first two matches after being sent off in a qualifier against the faroe islands berger played just one match berger announced his retirement from international football in march 2002 at the age of 28 he finished his career having made a total of 44 appearances for national teams including 42 for the czech republic and 2 for czechoslovakia he scored a total of 18 international goals all for the czech republic

= = style of play = =

berger played mainly as an attacking midfielder also being known as a winger he became noted for his powerful strikes surging runs and strong left foot team @@ mate at liverpool steven gerrard said of berger that he was the best left @@ footed striker of a ball i have seen

= = career statistics = =


= = = club = = =


= = = international = = =


= = = = international goals = = = =

scores and results list czech republic 's goal tally first

= = honours = =


= = = player = = =

borussia dortmund
bundesliga 1995 96
dfl @@ supercup 1995
liverpool
fa cup 2000 01
league cup 2000 01 2002 03
fa charity shield 2001
uefa cup 2000 01
uefa super cup 2001

= = = individual = = =

czech footballer of the year 1996 ( shared with karel poborský )
golden ball 1999


= lodewijk van den berg =

lodewijk van den berg ( dutch pronunciation [ <unk> fɑn <unk> <unk> ] born march 24 1932 ) is a dutch american chemical engineer specializing in crystal growth who flew on a 1985 space shuttle challenger mission as a payload specialist
he was the first dutch @@ born astronaut a fact that is often ignored in the netherlands because he was a naturalized american and no longer a dutch citizen at the time of flight he is married and has two children as of 2014 he resides in florida and works as a chief scientist at the constellation technology corporation

= = education and early career = =

van den berg was born on march 24 1932 in <unk> netherlands van den berg was educated in the netherlands where he attended the delft university of technology from 1949 to 1961 and earned his engineer 's degree in chemical engineering he then moved to the united states to continue studying at the university of delaware where he obtained a msc degree in applied science followed by a phd degree in 1974 also in applied science
after he had completed his doctoral study he was offered a job at eg & g corporation energy measurements in goleta california to work on crystal growth eg & g was a defense contractor of the united states government and dealt with sensitive information and science in 1975 this required van den berg to become a naturalized us citizen van den berg gathered years of research and management experience in the preparation of crystalline materials in particular the growth of single crystals of chemical compounds and the investigation of associated defect chemistry and electronic properties he became an international authority on vapor growth techniques with an emphasis on mercuric iodide crystals and its application in the nuclear industry as gamma ray detectors during his work at eg & g van den berg asked nasa for permission to conduct crystal growth experiments in space which nasa approved

= = spaceflight = =


= = = selection = = =

van den berg and his colleagues designed the eg & g vapor crystal growth system experiment apparatus for a space shuttle flight the experiment required an in @@ flight operator and nasa decided that it would be easier to train a crystal growth scientist to become an astronaut than it would be the other way around nasa asked eg & g and van den berg to compile a list of eight people who would qualify to perform the science experiments in space and to become a payload specialist van den berg and his chief dr harold a <unk> could only come up with seven names <unk> subsequently proposed adding van den berg to the list joking with van den berg that due to his age huge glasses and little strength he would probably be dropped during the first selection round but at least they would have eight names van den berg agreed to be added to the list but didn 't really consider himself being selected to be a realistic scenario
the first selection round consisted of a selection based on science qualifications in the field in question which van den berg easily passed the final four candidates were tested on physical and mental qualifications which he also passed while two of the others failed due to possible heart issues he was now part of the final two and nasa always trains two astronauts a prime and a back @@ up in 1983 he started to train as an astronaut and six months before the launch he was told that he would be the prime astronaut much to his own surprise when he went into space he was 53 years old making him one of the oldest rookie astronauts

= = = sts @@ 51b = = =

van den berg was assigned as payload specialist on sts @@ 51b challenger ( april 29 may 6 1985 ) sts @@ 51b the spacelab @@ 3 mission was launched from the kennedy space center florida and returned to land at edwards air force base california it was the first operational spacelab mission the seven @@ man crew aboard challenger conducted investigations into crystal growth drop dynamics leading to <unk> material processing atmospheric trace gas spectroscopy solar and planetary atmospheric simulation cosmic rays and laboratory @@ animal and human medical monitoring
as a co @@ investigator of the vapor crystal growth system ( vcgs ) experiment van den berg was responsible for the crystal growth aspects of the vcgs experiment he had intimate knowledge of vcgs and fluid experiment system ( fes ) hardware and had participated in all major design and science reviews of those systems
by the end of the mission van den berg had traveled over 2 @@ 9 million miles in 110 earth orbits and logged over 168 hours in space

= = career after nasa = =

after returning to earth van den berg continued to work on crystal growth experiments at eg & g in california and he became the head for the section of materials science at a later time he moved to florida to become a chief scientist at the constellation technology corporation at age 72 he continued to work up to 40 hours a week and grow crystals a process he compares to gardening the crystals he grows ( <unk> iodide crystals ) are used to make precision detectors for nuclear radiation these detectors are used in medical applications by the defense industry and the international atomic energy agency
he visits the netherlands every two years and was the subject of a short 2004 documentary by <unk> called the <unk> <unk>

= = asteroid = =

on september 28 2007 the main belt asteroid <unk> ( <unk> p @@ l ) was named after him and is now known as <unk> <unk> the asteroid was discovered october 17 1960 by cornelis johannes van houten and ingrid van houten @@ <unk> at leiden observatory where they were studying photographic plates taken by tom <unk> using the palomar observatory 's samuel oschin telescope

= = = portsmouth = = =

newly promoted to the premier league portsmouth manager harry redknapp signed berger on a free transfer redknapp said of the deal patrik 's [ sic ] a quality player free and the type of player who 'll bring good experience to portsmouth i had a bit of competition for him but he 's looked round the area and is very happy to join us berger made his first appearance for portsmouth on the opening day against aston villa he scored the club 's second goal berger scored the winning goal in portsmouth 's victory over his former club liverpool in october 2003 a month later he set up the first and fourth portsmouth goals and scored the fifth in portsmouth 's 6 1 win against leeds united on boxing day 2003 berger helped portsmouth to a 2 0 win against tottenham scoring both goals of the game from free kicks the first of which was scored from 35 yards ( 32 m ) berger underwent an operation upon his knee in february 2004 forcing him to miss the remainder of the season

berger started the 2004 05 season with note scoring august 's contender for goal of the season against charlton athletic his second goal of the campaign came in a 3 1 win away to crystal palace striking from 25 yards ( 23 m ) october 2004 saw his final league goal for portsmouth in a 2 2 away draw at norwich scoring a 25 @@ yard free kick

the club endured a difficult end to the season winning just once in a period of 12 matches which prompted the appointment of alain perrin as portsmouth 's new manager berger was one of a number of players including steve stone and shaka hislop whose contracts were due to expire in the summer portsmouth successfully avoided relegation close to the end of the season following a 2 0 loss away at manchester city on 30 april in spite of portsmouth having retained their premier league status berger then joined aston villa on a two @@ year @@ deal citing manager david o 'leary as the main reason for choosing villa

= = = aston villa = = =

berger was hampered by injury during his early villa career making few league appearances during the first part of his second season he only played two matches under new manager martin o 'neill in november 2006 he was sent to championship side stoke city on loan until 4 january 2007 following a fine of two weeks ' wages for refusing to play in a reserve game during his time at stoke he started just one match and took part in a further six as a substitute following his return from stoke berger was commended by o 'neill on his fitness and on 7 april 2007 berger started his first game for villa since october 2005 he marked this occasion by scoring a goal in a 2 1 victory against blackburn rovers berger scored again on 5 may 2007 in the penultimate game of the season against sheffield united on 28 may 2007 berger agreed to sign a one @@ year contract extension with aston villa

berger was injured in the pre @@ season of the 2007 08 premier league keeping him out of league matches until october 2007 he then suffered a recurrence of the same injury and was ruled out for a further period of time on 6 may 2008 berger was told he had played his last game for aston villa after urging captain gareth barry to move to liverpool this came just days after manager martin o 'neill claimed he was desperate to keep barry following interest from premier league rivals chelsea and liverpool at the end of his contract berger was released by the club having appeared in just 29 league matches in three seasons

= = = return to prague = = =

on 29 may 2008 berger returned to prague as a free agent signing a two @@ year contract with boyhood club sparta prague also becoming captain of the club for the 2008 09 gambrinus liga in november 2008 berger scored a hat @@ trick against sk kladno in a 5 0 sparta victory sparta went on to finish the season in second place thus ensuring qualification for the following season 's uefa champions league tournament berger was the club 's top league goalscorer with six goals

during the 2009 10 season berger played just two league matches before undergoing more knee surgery on 6 january 2010 he announced his retirement after failing to recover from a ligament injury

= = = post @@ professional career = = =

berger continued playing football on an amateur basis in august 2010 for sixth @@ tier czech republic side dolní <unk> at the age of 40 he was still playing for the side

= = international career = =

berger represented the youth teams of czechoslovakia from the under @@ 15 level working his way up through under @@ 16 under @@ 17 and under @@ 18 between 1988 and 1991 for these junior teams he had a record of a total of six goals in 49 appearances during this time he won the 1990 uefa european under @@ 16 football championship with the under @@ 16 side scoring in the final against yugoslavia

berger made his senior international debut on 23 march 1993 in a fifa world cup qualifier for czechoslovakia against cyprus which ended 1 1 in october 1995 he scored the second goal in a must @@ win qualification match for euro 1996 against belarus which the czechs won 2 0 in his first 12 international appearances berger totalled eight goals

berger was part of the czech republic team who took part in euro 1996 being singled out as the only player in the squad with the potential to become a major international star in spite of this martin frýdek was preferred to berger in the starting lineup for the first match against germany berger went on to play in all of his nation 's matches in the tournament famously scoring in the final from the penalty spot to give the czech republic a 1 0 lead against germany however the czech republic ultimately lost on the golden goal rule in extra time

between 1997 and 1998 berger boycotted the czech national team due to a conflict with head coach dušan uhrin he returned to the national set @@ up after a 17 @@ month absence following the appointment of jozef chovanec as uhrin 's replacement he made a notable return to the national team scoring two goals from free kicks in a qualification match against estonia

the next major international tournament berger took part in was euro 2000 having been suspended for his nation 's first two matches after being sent off in a qualifier against the faroe islands berger played just one match berger announced his retirement from international football in march 2002 at the age of 28 he finished his career having made a total of 44 appearances for national teams including 42 for the czech republic and 2 for czechoslovakia he scored a total of 18 international goals all for the czech republic

= = style of play = =

berger played mainly as an attacking midfielder also being known as a winger he became noted for his powerful strikes surging runs and strong left foot team @@ mate at liverpool steven gerrard said of berger that he was the best left @@ footed striker of a ball i have seen

= = career statistics = =

= = = club = = =

= = = international = = =

= = = = international goals = = = =

scores and results list czech republic 's goal tally first

= = honours = =

= = = player = = =

borussia dortmund

bundesliga 1995 96

dfl @@ supercup 1995

liverpool

fa cup 2000 01

league cup 2000 01 2002 03

fa charity shield 2001

uefa cup 2000 01

uefa super cup 2001

= = = individual = = =

czech footballer of the year 1996 ( shared with karel poborský )

golden ball 1999

= lodewijk van den berg =

lodewijk van den berg ( dutch pronunciation [ <unk> fɑn <unk> <unk> ] born march 24 1932 ) is a dutch american chemical engineer specializing in crystal growth who flew on a 1985 space shuttle challenger mission as a payload specialist

he was the first dutch @@ born astronaut a fact that is often ignored in the netherlands because he was a naturalized american and no longer a dutch citizen at the time of flight he is married and has two children as of 2014 he resides in florida and works as a chief scientist at the constellation technology corporation

= = education and early career = =

van den berg was born on march 24 1932 in <unk> netherlands van den berg was educated in the netherlands where he attended the delft university of technology from 1949 to 1961 and earned his engineer 's degree in chemical engineering he then moved to the united states to continue studying at the university of delaware where he obtained a msc degree in applied science followed by a phd degree in 1974 also in applied science

after he had completed his doctoral study he was offered a job at eg & g corporation energy measurements in goleta california to work on crystal growth eg & g was a defense contractor of the united states government and dealt with sensitive information and science in 1975 this required van den berg to become a naturalized us citizen van den berg gathered years of research and management experience in the preparation of crystalline materials in particular the growth of single crystals of chemical compounds and the investigation of associated defect chemistry and electronic properties he became an international authority on vapor growth techniques with an emphasis on mercuric iodide crystals and its application in the nuclear industry as gamma ray detectors during his work at eg & g van den berg asked nasa for permission to conduct crystal growth experiments in space which nasa approved

= = spaceflight = =

= = = selection = = =

van den berg and his colleagues designed the eg & g vapor crystal growth system experiment apparatus for a space shuttle flight the experiment required an in @@ flight operator and nasa decided that it would be easier to train a crystal growth scientist to become an astronaut than it would be the other way around nasa asked eg & g and van den berg to compile a list of eight people who would qualify to perform the science experiments in space and to become a payload specialist van den berg and his chief dr harold a <unk> could only come up with seven names <unk> subsequently proposed adding van den berg to the list joking with van den berg that due to his age huge glasses and little strength he would probably be dropped during the first selection round but at least they would have eight names van den berg agreed to be added to the list but didn 't really consider himself being selected to be a realistic scenario

the first selection round consisted of a selection based on science qualifications in the field in question which van den berg easily passed the final four candidates were tested on physical and mental qualifications which he also passed while two of the others failed due to possible heart issues he was now part of the final two and nasa always trains two astronauts a prime and a back @@ up in 1983 he started to train as an astronaut and six months before the launch he was told that he would be the prime astronaut much to his own surprise when he went into space he was 53 years old making him one of the oldest rookie astronauts

= = = sts @@ 51b = = =

van den berg was assigned as payload specialist on sts @@ 51b challenger ( april 29 may 6 1985 ) sts @@ 51b the spacelab @@ 3 mission was launched from the kennedy space center florida and returned to land at edwards air force base california it was the first operational spacelab mission the seven @@ man crew aboard challenger conducted investigations into crystal growth drop dynamics leading to <unk> material processing atmospheric trace gas spectroscopy solar and planetary atmospheric simulation cosmic rays and laboratory @@ animal and human medical monitoring

as a co @@ investigator of the vapor crystal growth system ( vcgs ) experiment van den berg was responsible for the crystal growth aspects of the vcgs experiment he had intimate knowledge of vcgs and fluid experiment system ( fes ) hardware and had participated in all major design and science reviews of those systems

by the end of the mission van den berg had traveled over 2 @@ 9 million miles in 110 earth orbits and logged over 168 hours in space

= = career after nasa = =

after returning to earth van den berg continued to work on crystal growth experiments at eg & g in california and he became the head for the section of materials science at a later time he moved to florida to become a chief scientist at the constellation technology corporation at age 72 he continued to work up to 40 hours a week and grow crystals a process he compares to gardening the crystals he grows ( <unk> iodide crystals ) are used to make precision detectors for nuclear radiation these detectors are used in medical applications by the defense industry and the international atomic energy agency

he visits the netherlands every two years and was the subject of a short 2004 documentary by <unk> called the <unk> <unk>

= = asteroid = =

on september 28 2007 the main belt asteroid <unk> ( <unk> p @@ l ) was named after him and is now known as <unk> <unk> the asteroid was discovered october 17 1960 by cornelis johannes van houten and ingrid van houten @@ <unk> at leiden observatory where they were studying photographic plates taken by tom <unk> using the palomar observatory 's samuel oschin telescope