Rick van der Meer

Rick van der Meer (born 14 June 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tweede Divisie club Katwijk.^[1]

Rick van der Meer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Schiedam, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Katwijk
Number	6
Youth career
	Excelsior Maassluis
2010–2016	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Jong Utrecht	56	(0)
2019–	Katwijk	136	(5)
International career
2014	Netherlands U18	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:59, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Van der Meer progressed through the youth teams of Excelsior Maassluis and Feyenoord.^[2] He then moved to Utrecht, making his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for the reserve team Jong Utrecht on 5 August 2016 in a game against NAC Breda.^[3] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 November 2017, keeping him at the club until 2019.^[4]

In January 2019, Van der Meer joined Tweede Divisie club Katwijk on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[5] He scored on his debut for the club, the final goal of a 3–0 home victory against De Treffers on 26 January 2019.^[6]

International career

He was on the roster of the Netherlands national under-17 football team for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Netherlands came as the runners-up. However, he was an unused substitute for every game in the tournament.

Honours

Katwijk

• Tweede Divisie: 2021–22,^[7] 2022–23^[8]