Geert Arend Roorda
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerenveen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| vv Noordbergum | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2012 | SC Heerenveen | 46 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Excelsior (loan) | 13 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | NEC | 14 | (0) |
| 2014 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007– | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Geert Arend Roorda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɪːrt ˈaː.rənt ˈrɔːr.da], born 2 March 1988 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch footballer who is currently without a club.[1]
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 one 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.
NEC
After losing prospect on play time, he left to NEC in the summer of 2012. Unfortunately, his staying at his new club turned out to be a disappointment. After only playing 14 matches in one and a half season, partly caused by injuries, he left as a free agent in January 2014.
Sparta Rotterdam
He signed with Sparta in January 2014, but could not impress and was released half a season later, having played just seven matches for the Rotterdam side.
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 international 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 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 | 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
- KNVB Cup: 1
- 2009
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Geert Arend Roorda" (in Dutch). Voetbal international. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ↑ "‘Heerenveen tegen Sivasspor in slotminuten langszij’" (in Dutch). sc Heerenveen. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ↑ "Roorda (19) mag ook Europees debuteren" (in Dutch). Voetbalzone.nl. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ↑ Van der Meer, Anne Roel (14 August 2007). "Geert Arend Roorda wil het maximale". Leeuwarder Courant. Bijlage (in Dutch). 'betaald voetbal': p 2. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ↑ "‘WK in Peru was een fantastische ervaring’" (in Dutch). sc Heerenveen. 8 October 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
- ↑ "‘Paspoort multifunctionele Geert-Arend Roorda’" (in Dutch). KNVB. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ↑ "Lorenzo follows Edgar's example". UEFA. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "De Haan bevestigt: Roorda in basiself Jong Oranje" (in Dutch). sc-heerenveen.blog. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
External links
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)