Rick Ketting (born 15 January 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (), commonly referred to as Crown or PPC, is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh. The club competes in the Cambodian Premier League, the top flight ...

. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Finland.

Club career

Ketting joined

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

at the age of 10 from his childhood club VV Nieuwerkerk and progressed through the entire youth academy of the club. On 1 February 2019, Ketting joined Finnish club

IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, and it plays ...

on a one-year contract. On 12 January 2020, Ketting signed for

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

. On 2 February 2022, he returned to Inter Turku for the 2022 season. Ketting returned to the Netherlands on 20 July 2022, signing a three-year contract with

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

. In the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie, 2023–24 season, he kicked off an impressive goalscoring streak, becoming the top-scoring defender in the Eerste Divisie by the midpoint of the season. In June 2025 he signed for Cambodian club

International career

Ketting was called up for the Netherlands national under-20 football team, Netherlands under-20s by coach Remy Reynierse for a Exhibition game, friendly against Czech Republic national under-20 football team, Czech Republic on 14 November 2015. He scored a brace (association football), brace, securing a 2–2 draw at Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská. His two goals made him the top goalscorer for the under-20s for 2015.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2020 Veikkausliiga#Annual awards, 2020

References

External links

Netherlands U20 stats
at OnsOranje * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ketting, Rick 1996 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Sparta Rotterdam players Go Ahead Eagles players IFK Mariehamn players FC Inter Turku players VVV-Venlo players Phnom Penh Crown FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Veikkausliiga players Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Capelle aan den IJssel Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia Footballers from South Holland 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Jong Sparta players