Niek den Heeten (born 5 April 2001) is a Dutch footballer who played as midfielder for Excelsior Rotterdam.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 April 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bergschenhoek, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TOGB | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CVV Berkel | |||
| –2012 | BVCB | ||
| 2012–2020 | Excelsior | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Excelsior | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Jong Excelsior | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Rayo Cantabria | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | VV Noordwijk | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | ASWH | 28 | (1) |
| 2023– | TOGB | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 | |||
Club career
editNiek den Heeten played in the youth of CVV Berkel, BVCB, and Excelsior Rotterdam. In the 2019–20 season of Excelsior, as a youth player, he already trained and benched for the first squad.[2]
Den Heeten signed a one-year professional contract with Excelsior in 2020. His official debut in the Eerste Divisie took place on 28 September 2020, in the 3–0 lost away-match against Jong Ajax.[3] In the 90+1 minute, he replaced Julian Baas.[4] He played in a total of five games in the first squad of Excelsior, four in the Eerste Divisie and one for the national KNVB Cup.[5]
In the summer of 2021, Den Heeten started an internship on the second team of Racing de Santander in Spain. For personal reasons, Den Heeten quit Santander and, in October 2021, joined VV Noordwijk in the Tweede Divisie.[6][7] In the summer of 2022, he changed sides to ASWH[8] in the Derde Divisie. During his sole season at ASWH, Den Heeten played a whopping 28 league games and scored his first goal in a senior league. In 2023–24 season, Den Heeten plays in TOGB.
References
edit- ^ "Niek den Heeten". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Excelsior-talent Baas: een ideale schoonzoon én een winnaar" [Excelsior-talent Baas: an ideal son-in-law AND a winner]. RTV Rijnmond. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Tweetal laat Noordwijk na dit seizoen achter zich" [Pair leaves Noordwijk behind after this season].
Den Heeten kwam acht jaar uit voor Excelsior Rotterdam. Voor die club maakte hij in september 2020 tegen Jong Ajax zijn debuut in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie.
- ^ "Jong Ajax–Excelsior 28-09". Algemeen Dagblad.
90'+1' Niek den Heeten ↔ Julian Baas
- ^ "Player summary: Niek den Heeten". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Niek den Heeten per direct toegevoegd aan de selectie" [Niek den Heeten per direct added to the squad]. VV Noordwijk. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Radstaat, Edwin. "Noordwijk voegt multifunctionele middenvelder toe aan selectie" [Noordwijk adds multifunctional midfielder to the squad]. Voetbal247.
Niek den Heeten mag zich per direct selectiespeler noemen van Noordwijk.
- ^ "Noordwijk-middenvelder Niek den Heeten naar ASWH" [Noordwijk midfielder Niek den Heeten to ASWH]. Regio-Voetbal. Kontakt. 26 April 2022.
Niek den Heeten speelt volgend seizoen bij tweededivisionist ASWH.