Melvin Platje
Melvin Platje ( born December 16, 1988 in Naarden, North Holland ) is a Dutch football player.
Career
Platje comes from a family in which at the male members - it was all about football - Melvin, his younger twin brothers, her father and uncle. Melvin Platjes first club was SDO in his hometown of Bussum. From there he came upon the youth of the FC Omniworld with 16 years for SV Huizen, when he won the championship together with Nordin Amrabat by storm. While still a teenager, he joined the A- FC Volendam. In a juniors match against Ajax, he drew attention to himself with a goal from the halfway line. The Volendamern he was coached by Stanley Menzo 18 -year-old made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie 24 August 2007 against FC Zwolle. In eleven second division matches of the 2007/08 season he scored his only goal on 7 September 2007, the 1-0 lead in the away game at SC Cambuur - Leeuwarden; Volendam lost the game by his coach in the final minutes with 1:2.
His breakthrough came in the 2008/ 09 Eredivisie season after promotion; Platje was used in 32 league games. A stir he made, however, initially with negative headlines. In two successive Eredivisie home matches in late October and early November 2008, in a 2-2 against Willem II Tilburg and in the 3-1 victory over De Graafschap, he scored his first two goals in the top division. With two hits but he took the hand zuhilfe what the respective referee overlooked. However, these two and five more goals were the direct re- descent of the "other Oranje team ', as Volendam is called due to the club's colors, not prevent it. In the KNVB Cup competition Volendam reached the semi-finals this season - thanks also to a good humored Platje, the compensation and scored winning goal in the quarterfinal against Roda JC as " Joker" to 3-2 after extra time. Platjes coach in the season, Frans Adelaar, saw similarities between Platjes game system and Dirk Kuijt of whom he had trained at FC Utrecht.
In the following two seasons in the Eerste Divisie, the young, only 1.77 meters tall striker could continue to develop. After 14 goals in the season 2009/10 he came 2010/11 with 21 league matches at number three on the scoresheet. Platje be used on all position in the attack, but in particular in the area as dangerous as the preparer as a shooter. For the 2011/12 season, signed the 22 -year-old to had also Heracles Almelo courted, a two-year contract - with the option of the club for another year - at Ehrendivisionär NEC In his home debut in Nijmegen he scored both goals in the 2-0 victory. about Excelsior, the previous club of his coach Alex Pastoor.
Stations
- FC Volendam (2007-2011; Eerste Divisie: 68 Einsätze/36 gates, Eredivisie 32 /7)
- N.E.C. ( since 2011; Eredivisie: 8/2 )