Rio Hillen

Hillen's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→27), while his Rating held around 63. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 49).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	NAC Breda · 7th	3	0	0	6.7	63	27
2025/26	NAC Breda · 17th	26	0	1	6.73	63	27
2024/25	De Graafschap · 6th	36	2	0	7.12	61	35
2023/24	De Graafschap · 9th	2	0	0	6.5	66	5
2023/24	NAC Breda	14	0	1	6.86	—	—
2022/23	De Graafschap · 10th	36	2	2	7.09	61	49
2022/23	NAC Breda	34	2	2	7.09	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons in the full career.

Netherlands · international

Side	Apps	G
Netherlands U19	2	0
Netherlands U17	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Key starterBall-winning Full-back

R. Hillen is a 23-year-old full-back at NAC Breda, rated 63.1 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (65.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.13 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hillen.

On the season, Hillen graded 27 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 4.13 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 63. At 23 Hillen is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 29.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23StreakyStepped up 2025/26

63.1

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

27.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

65.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.13

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · NAC Breda finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.13

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 65.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.13 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

Rated 63.1 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %65.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.045

Goal contribution / 900.045

Defensive actions / 904.13

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.449

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 23 (~29), then tapers with age. At 23, Hillen sits on 29.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Hillen's projected Rating — 63.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles50

Interceptions26

Blocks16

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9

Red cards1

Transfer history

NAC BredaJun 2025 – now

De GraafschapJul 2022 – Jun 2025

Ajaxuntil Jul 2022

About R. Hillen

Rio Hillen is a 23-year-old full-back who plays for NAC Breda, born on March 5, 2003 in Amsterdam, standing 187 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. NAC Breda currently sit 7th of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, R. Hillen has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 270 minutes, averaging a 6.45 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 14, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs VVV Venlo (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 7, 2026: 2-1 win away at FC OSS (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)

R. Hillen's next match is on August 28, 2026, when NAC Breda face Roda away in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Hillen at 63.1 with a Season form score of 27.2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, R. Hillen has totalled 176 club appearances with 6 goals and 6 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 36 appearances for De Graafschap.

R. Hillen's career has also included time at De Graafschap and Ajax.

On the international stage, R. Hillen has represented Netherlands U19 and Netherlands U17 — 5 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.