Rick Ketting

Rick Ketting
Ketting in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel,
Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Phnom Penh Crown
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2006 VV Nieuwerkerk
2006–2014 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Sparta Rotterdam 44 (1)
2016–2017 Jong Sparta 20 (1)
2017–2019 Go Ahead Eagles 31 (2)
2019 IFK Mariehamn 29 (4)
2020–2022 Inter Turku 57 (5)
2022–2025 VVV-Venlo 103 (9)
2025– Phnom Penh Crown 16 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Netherlands U20 2 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2026

Rick Ketting (born 15 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Phnom Penh Crown. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Finland.

Club career

Ketting joined Sparta Rotterdam 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 on a one-year contract. On 12 January 2020, Ketting signed for Inter Turku. 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 club VVV-Venlo. During the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie season, he began a prolific goalscoring run, finishing the first half of the campaign as the division's highest-scoring defender. Upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2024–25 season, VVV-Venlo opted not to renew, and Ketting departed as a free agent.

In June 2025, Ketting signed with Phnom Penh Crown FC of the Cambodian Premier League.

International career

Ketting was called up for the Netherlands under-20s by coach Remy Reynierse for a friendly against Czech Republic on 14 November 2015. He scored a 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

As of match played 9 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Rotterdam 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 18000———180
2015–16 Eerste Divisie 25120———271
2016–17 Eredivisie 1010———20
Total 44130———471
Jong Sparta 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 201————201
Go Ahead Eagles 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 31210———322
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 0000———00
Total 31210———322
IFK Mariehamn 2019 Veikkausliiga 29470———364
Inter Turku 2020 Veikkausliiga 21271—10—293
2021 Veikkausliiga 23020—20—270
2022 Veikkausliiga 133305120—234
Total 5751215150—797
VVV-Venlo 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 38320——40443
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 37510———385
2024–25 Eerste Divisie 28100———281
Total 103930——401109
Career total 2842226151504032424
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Finnish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie promotion/relegation playoffs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rick Ketting at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Meijer, Chris (28 January 2020). "'Als ik in Nederland was gebleven, had ik dat waarschijnlijk nooit gehaald'". Voetbalzone (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Arentsen, Dennis (17 August 2017). "Dit is de psycholoog van GA Eagles". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Holländsk mittback klar för Grönvitt". IFK Mariehamn Fotboll (in Swedish). 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Turun Inter hankki alankomaalaistopparin – "Iso persoona"". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "RICK KETTING JATKAA TURUSSA KAUDELLA 2022" (Press release) (in Finnish). Inter Turku. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ketting tekent voor drie seizoenen bij VVV-Venlo". VVV-Venlo (Press release) (in Dutch). 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "De opvallende goudhaantjes van VVV-Venlo". Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch). 25 January 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "VVV-Venlo neemt na dit seizoen afscheid van spelers met aflopend contract" [VVV-Venlo to part ways with out-of-contract players after this season]. VVV-Venlo (in Dutch). 4 May 2025. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Oud-VVV-aanvoerder Rick Ketting vervolgt loopbaan in Cambodja". voetbalinlimburg.nl. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  11. 1 2 Arentsen, Dennis (17 August 2017). "GA Eagles-verdediger Ketting: topschutter in Oranje". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Tsjechië O20 – Nederlands Beloften elftal". OnsOranje (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.