Delano Ladan (born 9 February 2000) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as winger.

Career

Ladan joined

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

's youth academy in 2013 and became part of the first team in the summer of 2017. He made his professional debut on 11 August 2017, in a home match against

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

, which ended in a 3–0 loss. Ladan came on as a substitute for

Donny Gorter Donny Gorter (born 15 June 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for amateur side RKSV Halsteren. He formerly played for NAC Breda, AZ, AaB, Viborg FF and ADO Den Haag. He is the son of former footballer Edwin ...

in the 78th minute. He made four appearances for ADO in the 2017–18 season. The following

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, he was sent on loan to

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

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. Mainly a substitute during that season, he scored his first professional goal which secured TOP's 2–1 victory against Jong Utrecht on 5 October 2018. In August 2019, his contract with ADO was terminated, and he moved to

Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...

. In the 2019–20 season, Ladan scored his first

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, netting three goals in a 5–0 away win over

GOES Goes () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents. History Goes was founded in the 10th century on the edge of a creek: de Korte ...

in the

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

first round. In October 2021, Ladan was signed to

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

's under-21 team, where he had previously played in the youth teams. On 8 January 2022, he made his unofficial debut for Feyenoord's first team in a friendly match against

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

, scoring immediately. On 24 June 2022, Ladan rejoined Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss; his second stint with the club after a successful loan in the 2018–19 season. After scoring three goals in 47 appearances for TOP, he left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.

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* 2000 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers ADO Den Haag players TOP Oss players SC Cambuur players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Leiderdorp Footballers from South Holland Dutch people of Indonesian descent Sportspeople of Indonesian descent {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub