Ruud ter Heide

Ruud ter Heide
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-10-15) 15 October 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Enschede, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
Eilermark
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Twente 4 (0)
2003–2004 Eintracht Nordhorn 30 (24)
2004–2005 Werder Bremen II 31 (7)
2005–2008 AGOVV 99 (51)
2008–2010 Cambuur 48 (17)
2010 → Emmen (loan) 16 (12)
2010–2013 Emmen 69 (28)
2012 → FC Zwolle (loan) 12 (2)
2013-2016 SVZW
2016-2017 Eilermark
Total 308 (141)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruud ter Heide (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Enschede, Overijssel, Ter Heide started his career with FC Twente. He made five appearances from 2001 until 2003. In the 2003–04 season, he played with German team Eintracht Nordhorn where he made 30 appearances and scored 24 goals. In the 2004–05 season, he moved to SV Werder Bremen where he scored seven goals in 31 appearances. He moved back to the Netherlands with AGOVV in 2005.

In early 2010, he was loaned by Cambuur to FC Emmen for the remainder of the season. He signed a permanent deal with the club on 4 June 2010.

After retiring as a professional, Ter Heide played for amateur sides SVZW and Eilermark from his hometown Glanerbrug where he once started playing football and already was an assistant coach. They suspended him in 2017 after an alleged feud with Eilermark's chairman.

Personal life

In 2008 Ter Heide was suspended by the KNVB for racist comments he made towards Stormvogels Telstar player Geoffrey Meye.

On 5 July 2018, ter Heide was, together with his brother Frank, sentenced to 12 years in prison for stabbing two brothers, wounding one of them fatally.

References

  1. ↑ "AGOVV legt Werders Ruud ter Heide vast". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 August 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ter Heide definitief naar Emmen". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 5 January 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Emmen legt huurlingen Ter Heide en Poldervaart vast". vi.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ruud ter Heide vertrekt naar SVZW". FC Emmen (in Dutch). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "FC Emmen-spits Ruud ter Heide assistent-trainer bij Eilermark". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Eilermark stelt ex-profvoetballer Ruud ter Heide op non-actief". Tubantia (in Dutch). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "AGOVV'er Ter Heide blijft geschorst voor racisme". Trouw (in Dutch). 9 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2026.
  8. ↑ "Oud-Cambuur-speler Ruud ter Heide moet twaalf jaar de cel in voor dodelijke steekpartij". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.