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Michel Vlap (Dutch [mɪˈxɛl ˈvlɑp]; born 2 June 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Twente. He has represented the Netherlands internationally at various youth levels.[3]
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 2 June 1997||
Place of birth | Sneek, Netherlands[1] | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Twente | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
WSZ[2] | |||
VV Sneek | |||
SC Heerenveen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | SC Heerenveen | 59 | (20) |
2019–2022 | Anderlecht | 34 | (12) |
2021 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Twente (loan) | 34 | (5) |
2022– | Twente | 61 | (5) |
International career | |||
2014–2015 | Netherlands U18 | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Netherlands U19 | 5 | (0) |
2016 | Netherlands U20 | 2 | (0) |
2018 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC) |
Vlap is an academy graduate of Eredivisie side Heerenveen and is the son of academy coach and former player Jan Vlap.[4][5] Having progressed through the ranks of Heerenveen's youth academy, he signed his first professional contract on 17 February 2015, penning a three-year deal with the club.[6] He later featured for Heerenveen during the 2015–16 pre-season and scored a brace in the club's 8–1 victory over VV Heerenveen in new manager Jurgen Streppel's first match in charge of the club.[7][8] Vlap then made his senior debut for the club on 27 November 2016, coming on as a late, second-half substitute for Kosovan international Arbër Zeneli in a 1–0 Eredivisie loss to Ajax.[9]
Vlap failed to appear again during the 2016–17 season but returned to the first team to make his KNVB Cup debut on 20 September 2017, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Excelsior.[10] He scored his first goal for the club the following month, netting in a 2–1 defeat to AZ Alkmaar.[11] On 3 December, he signed a new five-year contract with Heerenveen after impressing with a run of three goals in his previous five appearances for the club.[12] He ultimately scored four goals in 26 appearances across all competitions for the campaign.
He continued to feature for the club the following season and in October 2018, after scoring a league-high four goals in the month, won the Eredevise Player of the Month award.[13] By the end of the campaign, he had scored 16 goals and recorded six assists which earned him a transfer to Belgian side, Anderlecht.[14]
In February 2021, Vlap moved to Bundesliga team Arminia Bielefeld from Anderlecht, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[15] On 15 February, Vlap scored his first Bundesliga goal in the ninth minute of his debut, in a 3–3 away draw at Bayern Munich.
Vlap again moved on loan in August 2021, returning to the Eredivisie with Twente.[16] He made his competitive debut for the Tukkers on the first matchday of the 2021–22 season, replacing Dimitris Limnios in the 67th minute of a 2–1 away loss to Fortuna Sittard.[17][18] He soon established himself as a starter for the club, and scored his first goal for Twente on 19 September in a 4–1 away victory against Vitesse.[19] He played in all 34 league games that season, starting in 31 of them, as Twente secured a fourth-place finish and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League for the following season.[1][20]
On 4 July 2022, Anderlecht and Twente agreed on a permanent transfer and Vlap signed a three-year contract with an option for an additional year.[21] He scored on his European debut, helping Twente to a 3–1 away win over Serbian club Čukarički on 4 August.[22]
Vlap has represented Netherlands at both under-18 and under-19 level.[23] On 21 July 2016, while representing the Netherlands at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Vlap made history by becoming the first player ever to be brought on as a fourth substitute in a UEFA match when he replaced Laros Duarte in a 3–3 (5–4) penalty shoot-out loss to Germany. Regulations then ordinarily allowed a team to make only three substitutions during a match but a trial allowing for a fourth substitution in extra-time was introduced by the International Football Association Board for the tournament.[24][25] This was since changed to five substitutions in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heerenveen | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Eredivisie | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 34 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 17 | |||
Total | 59 | 20 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 65 | 21 | ||||
Anderlecht | 2019–20 | First Division A | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 11 | ||
2020–21 | First Division A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
Total | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 12 | ||||
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
Twente (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 5 | ||
Twente | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 42 | 6 |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | ||
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 96 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 114 | 14 | ||
Career total | 196 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 222 | 48 |
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