Robin van der Laan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robertus Petrus van der Laan | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | SVV | 59 | (13) |
| 1990–1991 | FC Wageningen | 27 | (3) |
| 1991–1995 | Port Vale | 176 | (24) |
| 1995–1998 | Derby County | 65 | (8) |
| 1996 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Barnsley | 65 | (5) |
| Total | 401 | (45) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robin van der Laan (born Robertus Petrus van der Laan on 5 September 1968) is a Dutch former footballer who spent most of his senior career in English football. He now works as the director of his own football school in Canada, also working as a senior coach for Manchester United Soccer Schools.
He began his playing career in his native the Netherlands with Eerste Divisie club Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging in 1987, before moving on to Wageningen in 1990. In 1991 he moved to England to play for Port Vale, where after four seasons as one of the club's key players he was sold on to Derby County. He won the Football League Trophy with Vale in 1993, and won promotion out of the Second Division in 1993–94. He also won promotion out of the First Division with Derby in 1995–96. In 1998 he transferred to Barnsley, where he saw out his professional playing career until his retirement due to injury in 2001. He made a total of 315 appearances in a ten-year career in the Football League.
Van der Laan started his career at Eerste Divisie side Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging in 1987. The club finished in mid-table in 1987–88 and 1988–89, before winning promotion to the Eredivisie as 1989–90 Eerste Divisie champions. However he remained in the Dutch second tier as he switched to Wageningen midway through the 1989–90 season. In four years in the Netherlands he played 59 games for SVV and 27 games for Wageningen.
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