Robin Peter

Robin Peter
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-31) 31 July 1987 (age 39)
Place of birth Erlabrunn (Breitenbrunn), East Germany
Team information
Current team
 ADO Den Haag (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2024–2025 FC Emmen
2025– ADO Den Haag

Robin Peter (born 31 July 1987) is a German professional football manager who is the head coach of ADO Den Haag.

Career

Early career

Peter was born in Erlabrunn (Breitenbrunn) [de] in the state of Saxony. He was a coach in the youth teams of RB Leipzig from 2011 to 2023. He passed his football coaching course in 2021, and after winning the Saxony Cup and coming 6th in the Bundesliga with the under-17 team in 2021–22, his contract was extended to 2024. He was also an assistant to the Germany under-18 team.

On 11 June 2024, Peter was given his first senior coaching job, on a one-year deal at FC Emmen in the Eerste Divisie in the Netherlands. His debut on 9 August was a 2–1 home loss to FC Dordrecht. On 25 January 2025, with the team 9th and without a win for two months, he was sacked; assistant Alfons Arts succeeded him for the rest of the season.

On 21 March 2025, Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge K.S.V. appointed Jimmy De Wulf as head coach and Peter as assistant.

ADO Den Haag

On 14 July 2025, Peter was appointed head coach of ADO Den Haag on a two-year contract, returning to the Eerste Divisie. On the first day of the 2025–26 season, his team won 5–1 home victory over relegated Willem II on 10 August and went to the top of the table. ADO held the lead from mid-October onwards without interruption, accruing 91 points across all matches played in calendar year 2025—the highest single-year total in the history of the Eerste Divisie, surpassing the record of 89 set by RKC Waalwijk in 1987. After a brief wobble of five consecutive defeats in December and January, the club reasserted themselves and on 17 March 2026 confirmed promotion to the Eredivisie with a 1–0 home win over Jong Utrecht, ending five years in the second tier. It was the earliest calendar-date promotion in the history of the division, and in terms of rounds played—32 of 38—equalled the record set by NEC in the 2014–15 season. At 38 and 253 days, Peter was the second-youngest manager to win the Eerste Divisie title, behind Thijs Libregts, who had done so with Excelsior in 1979, aged 38 years and 151 days. The Swiss research bureau CIES ranked ADO as the most effective pressing team among 883 clubs across 56 competitions worldwide.

Career statistics

As of match played 11 October 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
FC Emmen 1 July 2024 25 January 2025 20857040.00
ADO Den Haag 14 July 2025 Present 4729513061.70
Total 67371020055.22

Honours

ADO Den Haag

References

  1. ↑ Fassbender, Wout (15 July 2025). "De nieuwe trainer van ADO Den Haag: gedreven door voetbal uit Red Bull-school, sociaal en vasthoudend". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Robin Peter nieuwe hoofdtrainer ADO Den Haag" (in Dutch). Haagse Top Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Fritz, Thomas. "RB verlängert mit U17-Cheftrainer Robin Peter" (in German). RB Live. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Robin Peter is de nieuwe coach van FC Emmen, oefenmeester tekent voor één seizoen" (in Dutch). RTV Drenthe. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Foekens, Sander (10 August 2025). "Meningen na verloren wedstrijd FC Emmen zijn hetzelfde: 'Onverdiend, maar zeker hoopgevend'" (in Dutch). RTV Drenthe. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "FC Emmen en Robin Peter per direct uit elkaar" (in Dutch). RTV Drenthe. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy De Wulf promu nouvel entraîneur du Cercle Bruges" (in French). 7 Sur 7. Belga. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Heimgartner, Rogier. "ADO Den Haag presenteert Robin Peter als nieuwe trainer" (in Dutch). ESPN. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Gedegradeerd Willem II keihard onderuit bij seizoensouverture tegen ADO" (in Dutch). NOS. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "ADO heeft nu al het best presterende elftal aller tijden in een kalenderjaar" [ADO already have the best performing side of all time in a calendar year]. Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch). 17 December 2025. Archived from the original on 28 April 2026. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "ADO Den Haag Promoveert naar de VriendenLoterij Eredivisie" [ADO Den Haag promoted to the VriendenLoterij Eredivisie]. VriendenLoterij Eredivisie (in Dutch). 17 March 2026. Archived from the original on 28 April 2026. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  12. ↑ Nooijens, Hein (17 March 2026). "ADO pakt record met historisch snelle promotie, ook Cambuur op rand Eredivisie" [ADO break record with historically fast promotion, Cambuur also on the brink of Eredivisie]. NU.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  13. ↑ Fassbender, Wout. "Kampioensjaar van ADO Den Haag in cijfers". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Frouws, Bart (17 March 2026). "Promotiefeest in Den Haag: ADO op alle fronten de sterkste" [Promotion party in The Hague: ADO the strongest on all fronts]. Voetbal International (in Netherlands Dutch). Archived from the original on 28 April 2026. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  15. ↑ Engelen, Siep; Rosendaal, Rian (10 April 2026). "ADO Den Haag have been crowned KKD champions, yet they will not receive the trophy just yet, for a surprising reason". goal.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026.