Bart Straalman (born 22 August 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Norway and France.

Club career

Born

Winterswijk Winterswijk (; also known as ''Winterswiek'' or ''Wenters'') is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It has a population of and is situated in the Achterhoek, which lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland in th ...

, Straalman is a youth product from

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

. Straalman made his first team debut on 8 November 2014 in an

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game against

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replacing

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after 87 minutes in a 3–2 home win. On 11 July 2019, Straalman signed for Norwegian

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club

Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the ...

on a contract until the end of the 2019 season. In April 2020, having made just four appearances for

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side

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before the season was ended early due to

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, Straalman agreed a two-contract with league rivals

which he would join for the 2020–21 season.

References

1996 births Living people People from Winterswijk Footballers from Gelderland Association football central defenders Dutch footballers De Graafschap players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Eliteserien players Ligue 2 players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Rodez AF players Grenoble Foot 38 players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub