Bart Straalman

Bart Straalman
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996
Place of birth Winterswijk, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
Liepāja
Number 2
Youth career
–2014 De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 De Graafschap 114 (6)
2016–2018 Jong De Graafschap 14 (0)
2019 Sarpsborg 08 2 (1)
2020 Rodez 4 (0)
2020–2023 Grenoble 34 (1)
2024 MFK Vyškov 10 (0)
2024–2025 Inter Turku 31 (2)
2024 Inter Turku II 1 (0)
2026– Liepāja 14 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2026

Bart Straalman (born 22 August 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Latvian Higher League club Liepāja. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Norway, France, the Czech Republic and Finland.[2]

Club career

Born Winterswijk, Straalman is a youth product from De Graafschap. Straalman made his first team debut on 8 November 2014 in an Eerste Divisie game against Sparta Rotterdam replacing Vlatko Lazić after 87 minutes in a 3–2 home win.

On 11 July 2019, Straalman signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08 on a contract until the end of the 2019 season.[3]

In April 2020, having made just four appearances for Ligue 2 side Rodez AF before the season was ended early due to COVID-19 pandemic, Straalman agreed a two-contract with league rivals Grenoble Foot 38 which he would join for the 2020–21 season.[4]

In August 2024, Straalman joined Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.[5]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
De Graafschap 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 2411050301
2015–16 Eredivisie 1921020222
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 22300–223
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 2300040270
2018–19 Eredivisie 2612040321
Total 1147401501334
Jong De Graafschap 2016–17 Derde Divisie 50––50
2017–18 Derde Divisie 70––70
Total 1200000120
Sarpsborg 2019 Eliteserien 21––21
Rodez 2019–20 Ligue 2 40––40
Grenoble 2020–21 Ligue 2 19120–211
2021–22 Ligue 2 15000–150
2022–23 Ligue 2 0000–00
Total 3412000361
MFK Vyškov 2023–24 FNL 1000020120
Inter Turku 2024 Veikkausliiga 30100040
2025 Veikkausliiga 00003030
Total 30103070
Inter Turku II 2024 Kakkonen 10––10
Career total 1809702002079

Honours

Inter Turku

References

  1. ↑ Bart Straalman at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ ‘Ik ben 23 en heb genoeg tijd om veel te kunnen verdienen in dat soort landen’ voetbalzone.nl
  3. ↑ "SARPSBORG 08 SIGNERER NEDERLANDSK MIDTSTOPPER". sarpsborg08.no (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ↑ van Steenbergen, Mark (29 April 2020). "Bart Straalman vindt nieuwe club in Frankrijk". de Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bart Straalman on Interin uusi toppari" [Bart Straalman is Inter's new topper]. fcinter.fi (in Finnish). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.