Roland Baas

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Roland Baas
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 28) [1]
Place of birth Winschoten, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
0000–2008 WVV 1896
2008–2017 VA FC Groningen/Cambuur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Groningen 1 (0)
2016–2017 Jong Groningen 26 (1)
2017–2018 Heracles Almelo 14 (0)
2018–2019 Go Ahead Eagles 37 (1)
2019–2023 De Graafschap 66 (0)
2023 Castellón 7 (0)
International career
2014 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2015 Netherlands U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023

Roland Baas (born 2 March 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

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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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Eerste profcontract voor Roland Baas" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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  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.
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  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.