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= = = Portsmouth = = =
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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 a... |
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 Nor... |
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 success... |
= = = Aston Villa = = =
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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 w... |
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 ca... |
= = = Return to Prague = = =
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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... |
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 .
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= = = Post @-@ professional career = = =
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Berger continued playing football on an amateur basis in August 2010 for sixth @-@ tier Czech Republic side Dolní Chabry . At the age of 40 he was still playing for the side .
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= = International career = =
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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 @-@ ... |
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 ap... |
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... |
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 fr... |
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... |
= = Style of play = =
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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 " .
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= = Career statistics = =
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= = = International = = =
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= = = = International goals = = = =
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Scores and results list Czech Republic 's goal tally first .
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= = Honours = =
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= = = Player = = =
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Borussia Dortmund
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Bundesliga : 1995 – 96
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DFL @-@ Supercup : 1995
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Liverpool
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FA Cup : 2000 – 01
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League Cup : 2000 – 01 , 2002 – 03
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FA Charity Shield : 2001
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UEFA Cup : 2000 – 01
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UEFA Super Cup : 2001
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= = = Individual = = =
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Czech Footballer of the Year : 1996 ( shared with Karel Poborský )
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Golden Ball : 1999
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= Lodewijk van den Berg =
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Lodewijk van den Berg ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn dɛm ˈbɛrx ] ; 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 .
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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 ... |
= = Education and early career = =
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Van den Berg was born on March 24 , 1932 , in Sluiskil , 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 Universit... |
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 beco... |
= = Spaceflight = =
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= = = Selection = = =
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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... |
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 ... |
= = = STS @-@ 51B = = =
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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 sev... |
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 s... |
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 .
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= = Career after NASA = =
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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... |
He visits the Netherlands every two years , and was the subject of a short 2004 documentary by Netwerk called : The `forgotten astronaut` .
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= = Asteroid = =
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On September 28 , 2007 the main belt asteroid 11430 ( 9560 P @-@ L ) was named after him and is now known as 11430 Lodewijkberg . The asteroid was discovered October 17 , 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten @-@ Groeneveld at Leiden Observatory , where they were studying photographic plates taken... |
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