Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 October 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Oostknollendam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Almere City | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
VV Knollendam | |||
–2016 | Fortuna Wormerveer | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Fortuna Wormerveer | ||
2018–2019 | Jong Volendam | 16 | (1) |
2018–2021 | Volendam | 53 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 8 | (0) |
2022– | Almere City | 60 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023 |
Nordin Bakker (born 31 October 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Almere City. [2]
Bakker first made a mark in indoor football at sixteen, impressing at FC Kondo Budjang before moving to sixth-tier Eerste Klasse club Fortuna Wormerveer. [3] In 2017, he had trials with PSV and Ajax, but chose to stay at Wormerveen for the remainder for the season. [4]
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Bakker signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional season with Volendam, joining the competition with Jordi van Stappershoef and Mitchel Michaelis to replace the departing Hobie Verhulst. [5] He was initially a backup, mainly playing for the reserve team Jong Volendam in the Derde Divisie. On 1 December 2018, he scored his first ever goal, after a wind-assisted drop kick intended for striker Martijn Kaars sailed over the opposing goalkeeper and secured a 4–4 draw in 93rd minute against Quick '20. [6] [7]
Bakker only made his Eerste Divisie debut for the Volendam first team on 7 December 2018 in a game against Twente as a 10th-minute substitute for injured Michaelis. [8]
Due to Van Stappershoef's departure to Bristol Rovers and another injury to Michaelis, Bakker became the first-choice goalkeeper for Volendam in the 2019–20 season, appearing in all matches. [2] In the following season, he competed for the starting spot with Joey Roggeveen, who ended up playing one match fewer than Bakker. [9] At the end of the season, Volendam decided not to renew the expiring contracts of both goalkeepers. [10]
On 23 June 2021, Bakker joined Bulgarian First League club Beroe Stara Zagora. [10] He made his debut for the club on 23 July, the opening day of the season, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Lokomotiv Sofia. [11] He made eight appearances for the club, before losing his starting spot in September 2021 to Hennadiy Hanyev. [12] He was released in January 2022 due to financial problems at Staroe. [1]
On 28 January 2022, Bakker signed a six-month contract with Almere City with an option to extend. [1] He made his debut for De Zwarte Schapen two days later, replacing the injured Agil Etemadi in the 16th minute of a 0–0 league draw against Telstar. [13] After his debut, he held on to his position as the starting goalkeeper, impressing with multiple clean sheets. [14] On 8 March, the club exercised the option in his contract, keeping him in Almere until 2023. [15]
The club announced on 17 May 2023, that Bakker's contract had been extended by another two years, keeping him in Almere until 2025. [16] With Bakker in goal, Almere secured promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in the 2022–23 after beating Emmen 4–1 in the play-off finals. [17]
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