Bas Roorda (born 13 February 1973) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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. Since 2020, he has worked as team manager for PSV.

Playing career

Roorda began his professional career with

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, serving as understudy to

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. Over the course of four seasons, he made 26 league appearances before moving to

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in 1996. At NEC, he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper, making 127 appearances across four Eredivisie campaigns. In 2000, Roorda joined

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, where he initially shared goalkeeping duties with

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but saw limited action in later seasons, backing up

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. He featured in 14 matches during his first year at the club but did not make a single appearance during the 2003–04 season. Roorda returned to Groningen in 2004 as the successor to Roy Beukenkamp and was installed as the club's starting goalkeeper. He played all 34 league matches in his first season back. However, during the 2006–07 campaign, he lost his place to Brian van Loo. On 5 June 2007, Roorda signed a two-year contract with PSV, where he served as backup to

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. His only first-team appearance for the club came in the

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quarter-final against

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, in which he played the final 29 minutes as a substitute. Roorda did not feature in any matches during his subsequent two seasons with the club, and his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2009–10 campaign. Following his departure from professional football, Roorda joined amateur side Wilhelmina Boys. He also served on the board of the Dutch players' union

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, working as a player advisor. In 2011, he was appointed goalkeeping coach for the youth teams at PSV, succeeding

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Post-playing career

After one season as a goalkeeping coach for the youth teams at PSV, Bas Roorda took up the role of team manager for the first team of

at the start of the 2012–13 season, succeeding Theo Huizinga. In 2020, he made the move to PSV, where he serves as team manager.

Honours

PSV *

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: 2007–08 *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roorda, Bas 1973 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Eredivisie players PSV Eindhoven players FC Groningen players NEC Nijmegen players Roda JC Kerkrade players Sportspeople from Assen Footballers from Drenthe