Roland Baas (born 2 March 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 26)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Winschoten, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| 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 | 37 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Netherlands U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:06, 29 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC) | |||
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
He has played for the Netherlands at under-19 and under-20 levels.[3]
De Graafschap – current squad | |
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