Alex Plat (born 4 February 1998) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for club

Volendam Volendam () is a tourist town in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Edam-Volendam, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing wor ...

Career

Volendam

Plat started playing football at

RKAV Volendam Rooms Katholieke Amateur Voetbalvereniging (Dutch: Roman Catholic Amateur Football Club), abbreviated as RKAV Volendam, is a Dutch football team. It competes in the 2024–25 Tweede Divisie, after reaching promotion from the Derde Divisie A in 2 ...

, after which he moved to the youth academy of

FC Volendam Football Club Volendam () is a professional association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024 ...

. He signed his first contract on 30 March 2015, on a deal until 2017 with an option for an additional season. At the end of the 2016–17 season, the option in his contract was triggered and he was extended for one year. He made his

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

debut for Volendam on 20 October 2017 in a game against

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as a 71st-minute substitute for Luís Pedro. He mainly played for the reserve team, Jong Volendam in the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

that season, winning promotion to the third-tier

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

in May 2019. On 8 March 2019, Plat signed a new contract with Volendam until 2020. He mainly featured as a starter the following season, making 23 appearances as a starter before the season was abandoned due to the

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. On 10 October 2019, he had signed another contract extension keeping him at Volendam until 2022.

NAC Breda

Plat joined

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

on 1 July 2022 as his contract with Volendam had expired, signing a two-year contract with an option for an additional year. Plat was revealed as captain during the open day of the new season.

Telstar

On 31 August 2023, Plat signed a one-year contract with Eerste Divisie club

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, after his contract with NAC had been terminated by mutual consent earlier that day. He made his debut for the club the following day, replacing

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in the 71st minute of a 1–0 league loss to

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. In the subsequent match, a 2–1 defeat at home against

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

on 9 September, Plat earned his first start for Telstar, solidifying his position as a regular starter since then.

Return to Volendam

On 6 June 2024, Plat returned to

on a three-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Jong Volendam * Derde Divisie – Sunday: 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plat, Alex 1998 births Footballers from Volendam Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Volendam players NAC Breda players SC Telstar players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players RKAV Volendam players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen