Peter de Roo

Peter de Roo

Peter de Roo in charge of Balestier Khalsa
Personal information
Full name	Peter de Roo
Date of birth	(1970-02-16) 16 February 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Persis Solo (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1989	VV Drachten
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1996	BV Veendam
1996–2002	SC Cambuur
Managerial career
2022–2025	Balestier Khalsa
2025–	Persis Solo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter de Roo (born on 16 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Super League club Persis Solo. ^[1]

De Roo played professional football for twelve years, mainly for BV Veendam and SC Cambuur from 1996 to 2002. ^[2]

Managerial career

After his playing career, de Roo became a coach and technical director in Dutch professional football at SC Cambuur. In 2009, de Roo further expanded on his football experiences by taking an offer to work in Australia as a technical director at Football Queensland.

From 2012 to 2017, he was the Technical Director with the FFA Centre of Excellence (formerly known as the Australian Institute of Sport Football Program). ^[3]

In September 2017, de Roo was appointed by the Football Association of Malaysia as their new Technical Director. de Roo resigned from his post as Technical Director in 2020.

On 27 June 2025, de Roo was appointed as the new head coach of Indonesia club Persis Solo. ^[4]

References

1. "Football - Men Coaches". Australian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
2. Peter de Roo Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine at SC Cambuur website
3. "Peter Cklamovski named new Joeys Head Coach". Football Federation Australia. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. "Officially part of Sambernyawa — 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙠𝙤𝙢, 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙤! 🤝🔴". Instagram. 27 June 2025.