Roland Baas

Roland Baas (born 2 March 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.

Roland Baas
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Winschoten, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 De Graafschap
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2008 WVV 1896
2008–2017 VA FC Groningen/Cambuur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 FC Groningen 1 (0)
2016–2017 Jong FC Groningen 26 (1)
2017–2018 Heracles Almelo 14 (0)
2018–2019 Go Ahead Eagles 37 (1)
2019– De Graafschap 11 (0)
National team‡
2014 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2015 Netherlands U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Winschoten,[1] started his career in the youth academy of amateur club WVV 1896 before joining the academy of FC Groningen in 2008.[2]

FC Groningen

He made his professional debut in the Eredivisie for FC Groningen on 5 October 2014 in a game against Feyenoord.[2] He signed his first professional on 27 January 2015, signing with the club for one-and-a-half seasons.[2] He made just one appearance for the club during the 2014–15 season, and would not appear for them at all during the 2015–16 season.[3] He did not appear for them in the 2016–17 season either, but did appear 26 times for Jong FC Groningen, scoring once.[3] It was announced he would leave FC Groningen at the end of the 2016–17 season.[4]

Heracles Almelo

On 15 August 2017, Baas joined Heracles Almelo on trial,[5] before signing a one-year contract with the club later that month.[6] He made his debut for the club on 25 October 2017 against HSV Hoek in the KNVB Cup,[7] before making his league debut for the club on 9 December 2017 in a 5–0 league defeat at AZ Alkmaar.[8] He made 14 appearances in the Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo during the 2017–18 season, though he did not score.[3]

Go Ahead Eagles

On 5 June 2018, Baas signed for Eerste Divisie club Go Ahead Eagles on a one-year contract after his contract at Heracles Almelo was not renewed.[9] He made his debut for the club on 17 August 2018 in a 5–0 win at home to Jong FC Utrecht.[10] He was a regular player for Go Ahead Eagles during the 2018–19 season, making 37 appearances and scoring once during the regular season, before making 4 appearances in the promotion play-offs as Go Ahead Eagles narrowly missed out on promotion.[3]

De Graafschap

Having rejected the offer of a new contract with Go Ahead Eagles, Baas signed for Eerste Divisie side De Graafschap on a free transfer in June 2019, signing a two-year contract with the club.[11][12] He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2019 before going on to make 11 appearances for the club during the 2019–20 season.[3]

International career

He has played for the Netherlands at under-19 and under-20 levels.[3]

References
  1. "Roland Baas - De Graafschap" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "Eerste profcontract voor Roland Baas" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "Roland Baas". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. Koopman, Nicholas (23 May 2017). "Maduro and Payne to leave FC Groningen". Football Oranje. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. "Verdediger Roland Baas op proef bij Heracles Almelo". Tubantia (in Dutch). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. "Heracles legt verdediger Baas vast". Tubantia (in Dutch). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. "Stegeman wijzigt ploeg op zeven plaatsen voor bekerwedstrijd". Tubantia (in Dutch). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. "Heracles krijgt na rust alsnog pak slaag van AZ: 5-0". Tubantia (in Dutch). 9 December 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. "Roland Baas nieuwe linksback van Go Ahead Eagles". RTV Oost (in Dutch). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. "Seizoensouverture Go Ahead Eagles eindigt in 5-0 zege op Jong FC Utrecht" (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. "De Graafschap versterkt zich met multifunctionele Roland Baas" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  12. van Steenbergen, Mark (21 June 2019). "De Graafschap haalt linksback Baas op bij Go Ahead Eagles". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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