Robin Peter
German football manager (born 1987)
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Robin Peter (born 31 July 1987) is a German professional football manager who is the head coach of ADO Den Haag.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 July 1987 | ||
| 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 | ||
Career
Peter was born in Erlabrunn (Breitenbrunn) in the state of Saxony.[1] He was a coach in the youth teams of RB Leipzig from 2011 to 2023.[2] 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.[3] He was also an assistant to the Germany under-18 team.[4]
On 11 June 2024, Peter was given his first senior coaching job, on a one-year deal at FC Emmen in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[4] His debut on 9 August was a 2–1 home loss to FC Dordrecht.[5] 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.[6]
On 21 March 2025, Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge K.S.V. appointed Jimmy De Wulf as head coach and Peter as assistant.[7]
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.[8] He oversaw a strong opening to the 2025–26 season, with a 5–1 home victory over relegated Willem II on 10 August giving ADO the top of the table on the opening day.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] The Swiss research bureau CIES ranked ADO as the most effective pressing team among 883 clubs across 56 competitions worldwide.[14]
Honours
ADO Den Haag