Rick ten Voorde (born 20 June 1991) is a Dutch former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward.

Career

Emmen

Ten Voorde was born in Emmen. In his first half-season as 17-year-old striker in the Dutch Jupiler League he scored 9 goals in 18 matches for

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club ...

and garnered an invitation for the Dutch under-19 football team and a transfer to

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

-side

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

, while clubs like

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

, R.S.C. Anderlecht,

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...

Vitesse Arnhem SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

and

sc Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

were interested in the striker. He was also chosen as Dutch first division talent of the year 2009. On 19 February 2009, he signed a three-year deal at

until 2012.

NEC

The new striker of

played well in the pre-season matches at his new club and scored his first goal for NEC against his former club Emmen. His good performances in preseason matches resulted in a call-up for the Netherlands U21 team as 18-year-old player. Ten Voorde is currently the youngest player of this team. On 21 November 2009, Ten Voorde made his official debut for NEC in an away match against

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

, coming off the bench after 80 minutes and providing an assist. He made his first goal against

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

after playing 45 minutes and being important in all the goals of the 2–3 away-win on 14 April 2010.

Return to Emmen

On 1 July 2015 Rick ten Voorde signed a one-year contract with Emmen. He scored his first goal upon return against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

on 9 November 2015.

Later career

In August 2020, Ten Voorde signed with German

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

club SV Rödinghausen on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

''Updated 8 September 2010''

Honours

Individual * Bronze Bull (best talent)

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 ...

: 2009 NEC * Trofeo Santa Cruz: Runner-up 2009 * Chippie Polar Cup: Runner-up 2010

References

External links

Rick ten Voorde
at Voetbal International
Rick ten Voorde
at OnsOranje *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voorde, Rick Ten 1991 births Living people Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers FC Emmen players NEC Nijmegen players RKC Waalwijk players NAC Breda players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Dordrecht players Almere City FC players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Þór Akureyri players SV Rödinghausen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 2. Bundesliga players Liga Leumit players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players 1. deild karla players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Israel Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards 21st-century Dutch sportsmen