Rick Stuy van den Herik

Rick Stuy van den Herik (born 19 June 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for SteDoCo.

A former talent of Sparta Rotterdam, Stuy van den Herik failed to break through to their first team; something which also did not happen at NAC Breda. In 2014, he made the move to second-tier FC Oss, where he made his professional debut the same year and grew out to become a key player during the following years, even becoming team captain.

Stuy van den Herik has represented the Netherlands at under-16 and under-17 level.

Club career Early career Born in the German city of Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Stuy van den Herik grew up in his home country in Sliedrecht. There, he also started his football career at the age of five, where he registered in the youth teams of VV Sliedrecht together with his brother, Kenny. He led the club to the promotion play-offs during the 2018–19 season, where his former club, Sparta Rotterdam, proved to be too strong in the semi-finals, however. In May 2020, he signed a three-year contract extension. At that point he had made 217 appearances for the club, in which he had made nine goals and nine assists.

On 7 October 2022, Stuy van den Herik, alongside teammate Lorenzo Piqué, reached 300 appearances for TOP Oss. On 27 January 2023, he surpassed 's record to reach a club record of 315 appearances. On 5 March, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his knee, ruling him out for at least nine months and effectively ending his season. Less than a month later, the club decided not to extend his expiring contract, ending his tenure with TOP Oss. He made a total of 320 appearances for the club, scoring 22 goals. The injury meant that Piqué, who also left at the end of the 2022–23 season, held the lone record for TOP Oss with his 327 club appearances.