Rick Talan

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rick Talan

| image = Hans Eykenbroek en Ricky Talan (1982).jpg

| caption = Talan (right) with Hans Eijkenbroek in 1982

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|11|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Katwijk, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|30|1960|11|03|df=yes}}

| death_place = Zevenaar, Netherlands

| height =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Katwijk

| years1 = 1979–1985 | clubs1 = AZ'67 | caps1 = 95 | goals1 = 39

| years2 = 1981–1982 | clubs2 = → Cercle Brugge (loan) | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1985 | clubs3 = → Haarlem (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1986–1988 | clubs4 = Vitesse Arnhem | caps4 = 78 | goals4 = 38

| totalcaps = 199 | totalgoals = 81

}}

Rick Talan (3 November 1960 – 30 September 2015) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Talan started his career with local amateur side Katwijk[http://www.vvkatwijk.nl/actueel/artikel/4490 Rick Talan (54) overleden] - VV Katwijk {{in lang|nl}} and joined AZ'67 in 1978. He scored 44 goals in 95 official matches for the club and was part of the squad that won the club's first Eredivisie title in 1981.[https://www.az.nl/nieuws/rick-talan-overleden/1?catid= Rick Talan overleden] - AZ {{in lang|nl}} In the 1983–84 Eredivisie season he scored 20 goals in 33 league games for AZ. In 1982, he played half a year for Belgian side Cercle Brugge, scoring twice in 14 official matches.[http://www.cerclebrugge.be/nl/nieuws/detail/oud-speler-ricky-talan-ov/1502 Oud-speler Ricky Talan overleden] - Cercle Brugge {{in lang|nl}}

He finished his career in 1988 after playing almost 100 games with Vitesse Arnhem.[http://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/5254/in-memoriam-rick-talan In Memoriam: Rick Talan] - Vitesse {{in lang|nl}}

Personal life and death

Talan's younger brother Jeffrey also became a professional footballer and earned eight senior caps for the Netherlands. Talan owned an accountancy company in Zevenaar.[http://www.mkbduiven.nl/ledenlijst/15/rick-talan/116 Rick Talan - Talan Accountants en Belastingadviseurs] - MKB Duiven {{in lang|nl}}

Rick Talan suffered from a brain tumor in 2007 and underwent two operations. The tumor however returned a year later[http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/sport/voetbal/ricky-talan-de-raket-van-az-67-en-vitesse-1.5291938 Ricky Talan: de 'raket' van AZ'67 en Vitesse] - De Gelderlander {{in lang|nl}} and he died in September 2015.[http://nos.nl/artikel/2060462-oud-voetballer-ricky-talan-54-overleden.html Oud-voetballer Ricky Talan (54) overleden] - NOS {{in lang|nl}}