Roel Buikema

Roel Buikema

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-03-22) 22 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Quick
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	MVV	33	(3)
1999–2001	Helmond Sport	64	(6)
2001–2005	Heracles	135	(24)
2005–2007	Excelsior	10	(1)
2005–2006	→ FC Den Bosch (loan)	20	(1)
2006–2007	→ VVV (loan)	32	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roel Buikema (born 22 March 1976 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder for MVV, Helmond Sport, Heracles Almelo, Excelsior, FC Den Bosch and VVV-Venlo.[1]

Club career

Buikema played for amateur side Quick in The Hague during his youth years.[2] During his first season in professional football, 1996–97, he won the Eerste Divisie with MVV. Subsequently, he made 14 appearances in the Eredivisie during the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons.[3] Afterwards, he exclusively played in the Eerste Divisie, despite winning promotion to the Eredivisie three more times (with Heracles Almelo in 2004–05, with Excelsior in 2005–06 although he was loaned out to FC Den Bosch three months into the season,[4] and as a loanee with VVV-Venlo[5] in 2006–07 after playoffs).

Honours

MVV

• Eerste Divisie winner: 1996–97

Heracles Almelo

• Eerste Divisie winner: 2004–05

Excelsior

• Eerste Divisie winner: 2005–06

References

1. "Roel Buikema". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
2. Professional bio - Hiemstra en de Vres (in Dutch)
3. "Roel Buikema" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
4. "Excelsior en FC Den Bosch ruilen spelers" (in Dutch). VI.nl. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
5. "Buikema verruilt Excelsior voor VVV" (in Dutch). FCUpdate.nl. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2016.