Career
He was one of a series of Dutch players signed for the Scottish side during this time and Van der Ark was bought as a striker and noted for his height (6 foot, 5 inches). During his time at Aberdeen he made 77 appearances (38 of them as substitute), scoring 17 goals and securing 2 winners medals – the 1989/90 Skol Cup and 1989/90 Scottish Cup. He also played for Cambuur Leeuwarden, Football Club Utrecht and Willem II Tilburg He left Utrecht to return to Cambuur in summer 1994.
Van der Ark now works as a real estate agent in Leeuwarden.
