Ricky van Haaren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪki vɑn ˈɦaːrə(n)]; born 21 June 1991) is a Dutch former footballer who plays as a midfielder.
 van Haaren with Slovan in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Excelsior | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Feyenoord | 21 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | VVV-Venlo | 31 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | ADO Den Haag | 27 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Dordrecht (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2015 | Dinamo București | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Şanlıurfaspor | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Dordrecht | 16 | (3) |
| 2017 | AS Trenčín | 10 | (3) |
| 2018 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 18 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Quick Boys | 28 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | CSV Zwarte Pijl | ||
| Total | 190 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Netherlands U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Netherlands U19 | 10 | (4) |
| 2010–2013 | Netherlands U21 | 9 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editYouth career
editVan Haaren started his youth career at Excelsior. In the season 2005–06 he was invited to join the Feyenoord Academy. At Varkenoord, the youngster quickly embellished from a reserve player into a youth international. On 28 November 2007, Van Haaren signed a three-year contract with Feyenoord. Feyenoord's technical director Peter Bosz explained: "Firstly we want to prevent him from joining another club. But we also want to reward him because we think he's doing very well. You often see changing performances at this age, but Ricky had a very consistent season last year."[1] Before even playing a single minute for Feyenoord's first team, Van Haaren renewed his contract till 2012 on 16 February 2010. New technical director Leo Beenhakker claimed to have big plans with the young midfielder.[2] One week after renewing his contract, Van Haaren trained with the first team squad for the first time.[3]
Feyenoord (2010–2012)
editVan Haaren made his official debut for Feyenoord's first team on 2 May 2010. He replaced Schenkeveld in the 61st minute in the Eredivisie home match against Heerenveen (6–2).[4] Van Haaren was the fourth player of Feyenoord U19 to make his first team debut this season, after Stefan de Vrij, Luc Castaignos and Bart Schenkeveld.
VVV-Venlo (2012–2013)
editIn June 2012 Van Haaren left Feyenoord on a free transfer to sign a two-year contract with VVV-Venlo.
ADO Den Haag (2013–2015)
editAfter the relegation of VVV-Venlo, Van Haaren signed with ADO Den Haag to continue playing in the Eredivisie. He scored twice on his debut in a 4–2 defeat away to Feyenoord.[5]
FC Dordrecht (2014–2015)
editOn 5 August 2014, Van Haaren was sent on loan to Dordrecht until the end of the season.
Dinamo București (2015)
editIn June 2015, van Haaren signed a contract for two seasons with Dinamo București. In the middle of August 2015, the Dinamo București coach, Mircea Rednic said it would be best if the player left the club, as he did not show him anything of value so far. He blamed the short summer preseason preparation time for the mistakes in the current squad selection, while also saying that for foreign players, it is imperative that they show they have something "extra" to the normal Romanian players if they are to stay. [6]
In December 2015, van Haaren ended his contract with Dinamo, after playing in only eight games in Liga I, four of them as a starter.
Quick Boys (2020–2022)
editOn 11 August 2020, he joined third-tier Dutch club Quick Boys.[7]
Statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2009–10 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | VVV-Venlo | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | ADO Den Haag | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | FC Dordrecht | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | Netherlands | 100 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 4 | |
| 2015–16 | Dinamo București | Liga I | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | Romania | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 108 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 4 | ||
- Statistics accurate as of last match played on 11 December 2015.
Personal life
editHis younger brother Danny van Haaren is also a footballer.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Ricky van Haaren tekent eerste contract" [Ricky van Haaren signs first contract]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Feyenoord verlengt contract Ricky van Haaren" [Feyenoord renews contract Ricky van Haaren]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Been laat van Haaren meetrainen" [Been invites van Haaren to training session]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 24 February 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Afzwaaiende Makaay loodst Feyenoord naar vierde plaats" [Departing Makaay guides Feyenoord to fourth place]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 2 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "ADO heeft Van Haaren bijna binnen" [ADO Den Haag nearly signs Van Haaren]. Voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Rednic: "Van Haaren și Starokin să plece! Nu mi-au demonstrat nimic, nu mai am nici mamă, nici tată!"".
- ^ "K.v.v. Quick Boys bereikt overeenstemming met Ricky van Haaren" [Quick Boys reached agreement with Ricky van Haaren] (in Dutch). Quick Boys. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Danny van Haaren op amateurbasis naar City" [Danny van Haaren on an amateur basis to City] (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 20 May 2016.
External links
edit- Official Ricky van Haaren profile on Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch)
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- Netherlands U17 stats at OnsOranje
- Netherlands U19 stats at OnsOranje
- Netherlands U21 stats at OnsOranje
- Ricky van Haaren at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)