Peter Delorge (born 19 April 1980 in
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...
, Belgium) is a former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
.
Career
He played as a
defensive midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and spent his whole career at
Sint-Truidense.
Delorge played in 204 matches from 1998 to 2008 in the Jupiler League for STVV. Peter made the transition from provincial to national youth at the age of 17. He won the land title with de Uefa's, and shot to the first team a year later.
Personal life
His brother was footballer
Kristof Delorge, who died young due to a brain tumor in 2021. His sons
Mathias Delorge-Knieper and Lucas Delorge-Knieper, are footballer too. Lucas plays in the youth of
Club Brugge KV
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. and Mathias plays for
Sint-Truidense V.V.
Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belg ...
Club Brugge strikt STVV-talent, Antwerp verliest belofte
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References
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Living people
1980 births
Belgian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Sportspeople from Sint-Truiden
Footballers from Limburg (Belgium)
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