Geert Arend Roorda

Geert Arend Roorda
Personal information
Date of birth 2 March 1988 (1988-03-02) (age 24)
Place of birth Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club SC Heerenveen
Number 6
Youth career
vv Noordbergum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007– Heerenveen 34 (2)
2010–2011 → Excelsior (loan) 13 (8)
National team
2007– Netherlands U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 22, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Geert Arend Roorda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrt ˈaːr.ənt ˈrʊːr.da]) (born 2 March 1988 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.[1]

Contents

Career

Early career

Roorda started out by playing for amateur club "vv Noordbergum" but since he was eight years old he could be found around the Abe Lenstra Stadion. When he was a second year D he played with the C team and a second years C he played with the B team. He was always a year ahead of the curve.

sc Heerenveen

At age 19 he finished high school at the havo level (which combined school and football with an adapted timetable) and focuses now fully on his professional career and sc Heerenveen. Roorda is since season 2007/2008 part of the first selection after he impressed in the pre-season, in which he scored a wonderful free kick versus Sivasspor.[2]

Gertjan Verbeek used him as a substitute five times in season 2007/08 so far. On 19 September 2007 he was named by the coach to be on of the starting eleven in the UEFA cup game versus Helsingborgs IF. Verbeek said Roorda compelled admiration for his appearance in the competition versus Excelsior on 15 September. He commented: "Geert is a good player, age doesn't matter whether you're 18 or 21". It meant his debut as a starter for Heerenveen.[3]

After missing a year due to injuries, he made his return to Eredivisie football on 12 April 2009.

International career

He played for the national youth teams Oranje −17 and Oranje −19. Due to many injuries (hamstring, ankle, hip and both knees), of which the heaviest was a knee injury that kept him off the pitch for almost ten months (hence missing out one year of year of internation youth football).[4]

Under 17 and under 19

In October 2004 he got his first invitation for Oranje −17. Thereafter he played two games, versus Armenia and Turkey. He scored in the European Cup qualification game against Turkey. Due to a hip injury he had to mis out on the European Championships in Italy. In September 2005 he flew with his team to Peru for the World Cup. The Oranje −17 squad squad lost to Mexico (0–4) in the semi-finals, but the équipe of coach Ruud Kaiser had its revenge in the third place play-off against Turkey (2–1). Roorda played just 75 minutes in all the tournament in very many positions. He was used as a defender, midfielder and striker.[5]

Kaiser described his pupil as follows: 'He is a right wing midfielder and he can also be used as an attacking midfielder. He's a skilled player with a good pass and he can create chances. He's got insight, power and can also be used as a target man'[6]

Under-21

He was called up by Netherlands coach Foppe de Haan as one of the three new faces (together with Lorenzo Davids and Dirk Marcellis to take on Estonia on 12 October 2007. In Tallinn he made debut in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier.[7] De Haan commented: "He does very well at the moment, he has a strong physique and a certain drive. I think this debut will get him even further, besides, he gives the team a lift"[8] With his debut he tread in the steps of other (former) Frisian footballers such as Ronnie Pander and Max Houttuin.[8]

Statistics

Club Performance [1]
Club Season Eredivisie Dutch Cup Europe Play-offs Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
SC Heerenveen 2007–08 12 0 0 0 1 0 - - 13 0
Total 22 2 0 0 1 0 – – 23 2
Updated 14:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Honours

2009

References

  1. ^ a b "Geert Arend Roorda" (in Dutch). Voetbal international. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=56045&typeofpage=84137. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  2. ^ "‘Heerenveen tegen Sivasspor in slotminuten langszij’" (in Dutch). sc Heerenveen. 2007-07-24. http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=42457/contentid=5201. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  3. ^ "Roorda (19) mag ook Europees debuteren" (in Dutch). Voetbalzone.nl. 2007-09-19. http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=48651. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
  4. ^ Van der Meer, Anne Roel (2007-08-14). "Geert Arend Roorda wil het maximale" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. Bijlage 'betaald voetbal': p 2. http://lwexwww012.ndcholding.nl/docservice/artikel_result.jsp?action=search_art&tekst=roorda&periode=183&pubdatum=14-08-2007&sortmode=pubdatum+desc&submit=Zoeken. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  5. ^ "‘WK in Peru was een fantastische ervaring’" (in Dutch). sc Heerenveen. 2005-10-08. http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=42457/contentid=2428. Retrieved 2007-08-26. 
  6. ^ "‘Paspoort multifunctionele Geert-Arend Roorda’" (in Dutch). KNVB. 2005-08-30. http://www.knvb.nl/archief/oranje/archief_oranje/paspoort_multifunctionele_geert-arend_roorda. Retrieved 2007-10-13. 
  7. ^ "Lorenzo follows Edgar's example". UEFA. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071014010037/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=599248.html. Retrieved 2007-10-13. 
  8. ^ a b "De Haan bevestigt: Roorda in basiself Jong Oranje" (in Dutch). sc-heerenveen.blog. 2007-10-12. http://sc-heerenveen.blog.nl/interlands/2007/10/12/de-haan-bevestigt-roorda-in-basiself-jong-oranje. Retrieved 2007-10-13. 

External links

SC Heerenveen – current squad