Van Hintum started playing in the youth department of FC Schadewijk before joining youth teams of PSV and later TOP Oss. In 2005, he was promoted to the first team of second division club TOP Oss. In his first season with the team, he made his professional debut and finished the season with a single league appearance. Afterwards, he established himself as a starter during the 2006–07 season, which he maintained until the summer of 2010. That summer, his club, which had at that point been renamed FC Oss, suffered relegation to the third tier.
After the relegation, van Hintum left his hometown club and continued his career at the second-tier club FC Dordrecht. A season later, he moved again within the league and this time signed with PEC Zwolle. With this club he won the 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, and thus secured promotion to the Eredivisie. In the 2013–14 season, van Hintum and Zwolle won the KNVB Cup, the Dutch national cup tournament, for the first time in club history.[1] With this win, Zwolle qualified for the Johan Cruyff Shield, the Dutch Supercup, in summer 2014. This was also won, as Zwolle beat defending Dutch championsAjax 1–0 and also won this trophy for the first time in the club's history.[2]
Before the 2016–17 season, van Hintum moved to Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor.[3] He suffered relegation with the club during his sole season there, and moved to Heracles Almelo afterwards. Two years later, he moved to FC Groningen.[4][5]
On 5 April 2022, it was announced that van Hintum would return to PEC Zwolle for the 2022–23 season. He signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional year.[6]
Van Hintum retired from professional football on 15 June 2024, and moved to amateur club Alcmaria Victrix, competing in the eighth tier.[7]