Peter van der Vlag

Peter van der Vlag (born December 5, 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of SC Cambuur.

Peter van der Vlag
Van der Vlag in 2015
Personal information
Full name Peter van der Vlag
Date of birth (1977-12-05) December 5, 1977
Place of birth Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 SC Cambuur (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 SC Veendam 145 (0)
2003–2004 Go Ahead Eagles 34 (0)
2004–2009 SC Cambuur 177 (0)
2009–2011 SC Veendam 70 (0)
2011–2012 Go Ahead Eagles 32 (0)
2012–2014 FC Emmen 69 (0)
2014–2017 FC Groningen 2 (0)
2014–2017 Jong FC Groningen 7 (0)
2017–2019 FC Emmen 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2019

Career

Van der Vlag was born in Leeuwarden. He was part of the youth setup at amateur team, v.v. Wildervank, before turning professional with BV Veendam in the Dutch Eerste Divisie in 1997. He played 145 games for Veendam before moving to Go Ahead Eagles in 2003. After playing for Cambuur Leeuwarden between 2004 and 2009, Van der Vlag returned to his first professional club, Veendam, in 2009.[1]

On July 2011 he re-joined his Veendam head coach Joop Gall by returning at his old club Go Ahead Eagles.[2]

In the summer of 2012, Van der Vlag signed with FC Emmen. He left after two seasons to become second goalkeeper of Eredivisie side FC Groningen

Coaching career

Van der Vlag retired at the end of the 2018-19 season and was then hired as a goalkeeper coach for his former club SC Cambuur.[3]

References
  1. BV Veendam haalt doelman Van der Vlag terug
  2. "Van der Vlag volgt coach Gall naar Go Ahead Eagles" [Van der Vlag follows coach Gall at Go Ahead Eagles] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. Peter van der Vlag en Martijn Barto toegevoegd aan technische staf, cambuur.nl, 27 May 2019
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