Peter Delorge (born 19 April 1980 in

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The mu ...

, Belgium) is a former professional

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Career

He played as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and spent his whole career at Sint-Truidense. Delorge played in 204 matches from 1998 to 2008 in the Jupiler League for STVV. Peter made the transition from provincial to national youth at the age of 17. He won the land title with de Uefa's, and shot to the first team a year later.

Personal life

His brother was footballer

Kristof Delorge Kristof is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Kristof: * Kristof Beyens (born 1983), Belgian sprint athlete * Kristof Imschoot (born 1980), Belgian footballer * Kristof Maes (born 1988 ...

, who died young due to a brain tumor in 2021. His sons

Mathias Delorge-Knieper Mathias Delorge-Knieper (born 31 July 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sint-Truiden. Club career Delorge is a youth product of Heers VV before moving to Sint-Truiden's academy in 2011. In November 2020, ...

and Lucas Delorge-Knieper, are footballer too. Lucas plays in the youth of

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and Mathias plays for Sint-Truidense V.V. Club Brugge strikt STVV-talent, Antwerp verliest belofte
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* * Living people 1980 births Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Sportspeople from Sint-Truiden Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub