Geert Arend Roorda

Football player infobox
playername = Geert Arend Roorda
fullname = Geert Arend Roorda
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|3|2
cityofbirth = Heerenveen
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|meter=1.90
currentclub = SC Heerenveen
clubnumber = 9
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2007-
clubs = SC Heerenveen
caps(goals) = 12 (0)
nationalyears = 2007-
nationalteam = Netherlands U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 0(0)
pcupdate = 18/11/07
ntupdate =

Geert Arend Roorda (born 2 March 1988 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.cite web| url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=56045&typeofpage=84137| title=Geert Arend Roorda| publisher=Voetbal international| language=Dutch| accessdate=2007-09-18]

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

The 19-year-old has finished his Havo (he 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. [cite web|url=http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=42457/contentid=5201|title=‘Heerenveen tegen Sivasspor in slotminuten langszij’|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-09-18|date=2007-07-24| publisher=sc Heerenveen]

Gertjan Verbeek used him as a substitute five times in season 2007/08 sofar. 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. [cite web|url=http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=48651| title=Roorda (19) mag ook Europees debuteren| publisher=Voetbalzone.nl| language=Dutch| date=2007-09-19| accessdate=2007-09-20]

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). [cite journal
last = Van der Meer
first = Anne Roel
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title = Geert Arend Roorda wil het maximale
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journal = Leeuwarder Courant
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pages = p 2
date = 2007-08-14
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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 it's 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. [cite web|url=http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=42457/contentid=2428|title=‘WK in Peru was een fantastische ervaring’|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-08-26|date=2005-10-08| publisher=sc Heerenveen]

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' [cite web|url=http://www.knvb.nl/archief/oranje/archief_oranje/paspoort_multifunctionele_geert-arend_roorda|title=‘Paspoort multifunctionele Geert-Arend Roorda’|language=Dutch|accessdate=2007-10-13|date=2005-08-30| publisher=KNVB]

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 Talinn he made debut in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=599248.html| title=Lorenzo follows Edgar's example| publisher=UEFA|date=2007-10-05| accessdate=2007-10-13] 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"cite web|url=http://sc-heerenveen.blog.nl/interlands/2007/10/12/de-haan-bevestigt-roorda-in-basiself-jong-oranje|title=De Haan bevestigt: Roorda in basiself Jong Oranje|publisher=sc-heerenveen.blog|language=Dutch|date=2007-10-12|accessdate=2007-10-13] With his debut he tread in the steps of other (former) Frisian footballers such as Ronnie Pander and Max Houttuin.cite web|url=http://sc-heerenveen.blog.nl/interlands/2007/10/12/de-haan-bevestigt-roorda-in-basiself-jong-oranje|title=De Haan bevestigt: Roorda in basiself Jong Oranje|publisher=sc-heerenveen.blog|language=Dutch|date=2007-10-12|accessdate=2007-10-13]

Statistics

References

External links

* [http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/index.tv.php?id=60512 Geert Arend Roorda: "Met Foppe lekker in het Fries" - Video interview]
* [http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/ Official website sc Heerenveen]