Alex Plat (born 4 February 1998) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

club

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Career

Volendam

Plat started playing football at

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, 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 Dutch football league system, Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion ...

. 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

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 (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), 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 ...

that season, winning promotion to the third-tier

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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

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.

Career statistics

Honours

Jong Volendam * Derde Divisie – Sunday: 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plat, Alex 1998 births People from Volendam Living people Dutch footballers Association football midfielders FC Volendam players NAC Breda players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Footballers from North Holland