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Full nameRick Meissen
PositionFull-back
NationalityNetherlands
Age24
Date of birth24 Feb 2002
BirthplaceAmsterdam
Height190 cm
Shirt number#3
ClubExcelsior
Full-backalso played MID
33
Appearances
0
Goals
3
Assists
2513
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Excelsior.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eredivisie330325136.75

Scout report

Key starterFull-back

R. Meissen is a 24-year-old full-back at Excelsior, rated 69.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 75th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (82.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.73 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Meissen.

Judged on this season alone, Meissen graded 31 — a solid campaign that ranks top 32% of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 5 clean sheets and 3.725 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 31). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 69, top 25% of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 24 Meissen is in his prime years, and a market index of 32 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Meissen is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2023/24
Current potentialTop 25% full-backs · EredivisieCurrent seasonTop 32% full-backs · Eredivisie15th-best full-back in the Eredivisie75th in the Eredivisie · potential12th-highest potential full-back in the Eredivisie
69.4
Ratingi
12th of 48 full-backs
31.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
82.1%
Minutes
near ever-present
3.73
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Excelsior finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

3.73
Def. / 90
32
Tackles
48
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 82.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 3.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 69.4, Meissen carries the 12th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie (top 25%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Excelsior finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.