Ricky van Haaren

Ricky van Haaren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪki vɐn ˈɦaːrə(n)]; born 21 June 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Olimpia Grudziądz.

Ricky van Haaren
van Haaren with Slovan in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Olimpia Grudziądz
Number 91
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– Olimpia Grudziądz 5 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Netherlands U17 10 (0)
2009–2010 Netherlands U19 10 (4)
2010–2013 Netherlands U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:02, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Youth career

Van 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)

Van 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)

In June 2012 Van Haaren left Feyenoord on a free transfer to sign a two-year contract with VVV-Venlo.

ADO Den Haag (2013–2015)

After 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)

On 5 August 2014, Van Haaren was sent on loan to Dordrecht until the end of the season.

Dinamo București (2015)

In 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.

Statistics
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2009–10FeyenoordEredivisie1000–10
2010–111200000120
2011–128110–91
2012–13VVV-Venlo31010–320
2013–14ADO Den Haag27100–271
2014–15FC Dordrecht21121–232
Total Netherlands 100343101044
2015–16Dinamo BucureștiLiga I8010–90
Total Romania 80100090
Career total 108341001134
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 11 December 2015.

Personal life

His younger brother Danny van Haaren is also a footballer.[7]

References
  1. "Ricky van Haaren tekent eerste contract" [Ricky van Haaren signs first contract]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "Feyenoord verlengt contract Ricky van Haaren" [Feyenoord renews contract Ricky van Haaren]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. "Been laat van Haaren meetrainen" [Been invites van Haaren to training session]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 24 February 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. "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.
  5. "ADO heeft Van Haaren bijna binnen" [ADO Den Haag nearly signs Van Haaren]. Voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Competitii/Liga+1/Rednic+face+curatenie+la+Dinamo
  7. "Danny van Haaren op amateurbasis naar City" [Danny van Haaren on an amateur basis to City] (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 20 May 2016.
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