Ard van Peppen

Ard van Peppen
Personal information
Full name Ard van Peppen
Date of birth (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Delft, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
VV Longa 33
Vitesse Delft
Sparta Rotterdam
Almere City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Jong Feyenoord 0 (0)
2005–2006 → Excelsior (loan) 19 (0)
2006–2008 De Graafschap 39 (2)
2008 → Excelsior (loan) 8 (0)
2008–2010 Excelsior 72 (1)
2010–2013 RKC Waalwijk 94 (5)
2013–2018 Roda JC 137 (2)
Total 369 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ard van Peppen (born 26 June 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left back.[1]

As a player he has won promotion from Eerste Divisie to the Eredivisie on three occasions.

He is Indonesian descent from his mother.[2]

Career

Born in Delft, Van Peppen started his professional career for Feyenoord, but was soon loaned out to feeder club SBV Excelsior. During his loan spell he gained promotion to the Eredivisie with Excelsior during the 2005/6 after winning the Dutch second division.

In 2006, he signed with De Graafschap. He made his debut for the club in a 0-1 lost home match against Go Ahead Eagles and again gained promotion to the Eredivisie after winning the Dutch second division during the 2006/7 season. He played for De Graafschap in the Eredivisie after promotion during 2007.

He returned on loan to Excelsior in 2008 before joining Excelsior on a permanent deal after his loan spell.[3] Excelsior qualified for the promotion playoffs during the 2008/09 season however were knocked out by RKC Waalwijk, however he again gained promotion from the Eerste Divisie for the 3rd time, when Excelsior beat Sparta Rotterdam in the Playoff final during the 2010/11 season.

In 2010, he was transferred to RKC Waalwijk, who were just relegated to the Dutch second division.[4][5]

After three years Van Peppen left RKC Waalwijk on a free transfer and he signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie side Roda JC Kerkrade.[6] When his contract was not extended there, he was a free agent again. In April 2019, Van Peppen announced that he had officially retired.[7][8]

Honours

Excelsior

De Graafschap

RKC Waalwijk:[9]

References

  1. ^ We spraken Ard van Peppen over de sloop van zijn imago vice.com
  2. ^ "Ard van Peppen, Keturunan Indonesia, Terbaik di Belanda". www.sepakbolanda.com.
  3. ^ "Excelsior neemt Van Peppen weer in dienst". fcupdate.org (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  4. ^ "RKC versterkt zich met Duits en Van Peppen". vi.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  5. ^ "RKC haalt Van Peppen en Duits binnen". fcupdate.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Gewilde Van Peppen kiest voor Roda JC". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  7. ^ van Bergen, Dennis (6 April 2019). "Afscheid cultvoetballer Ard van Peppen: 'Niet gek toch, voor een blind paard?'". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ Petit, Peyer (28 March 2019). "Oud-Delftenaar Ard van Peppen stopt actieve voetballoopbaan" (in Dutch). Haaglanden Voetbal. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "RKC Waalwijk kampioen in Jupiler League" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2020.