Danny Bakker

 

Country: Netherlands

Date of birth: 16/01/1995 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Voorburg (Netherlands)

Height: 1,81m

Club career: ADO Den Haag

Current national team: Netherlands U-19

Position: center back, defensive midfielder, centre midfielder

Preferred foot: left

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 100,000 €  

Contract until: 30.06.2015

Similar type of player: Miguel Veloso

 

Strengths:

– teamwork

– positioning

– concentration

– composure

– intercepting

– tactical awareness

– suitable to play in three man midfield

 

Style of play:

– ball winning midfielder or box-to-box midfielder

– likes to tackle

– likes to play short passes

– likes to hold up the ball

– likes forward runs

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Defensive midfielder in 4-2-3-1.

 

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Achievements:

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League summary:

Eredivisie 2012/2013: 1 match/0 goals (ADO Den Haag)

Eredivisie 2013/2014 (ongoing): 10 matches/1 goal (ADO Den Haag)

 

Description:

Danny Bakker is a very versatile player – he can play as a center back, defensive midfielder or even centre midfielder. Biggest talent of Maurice Steijn’s side is one of the most interesting young players who appeared in Eredivisie this season. He made his professional debut during 2012/2013 season, on 16 March 2013 in a 4–0 defeat against Vitesse, but started to appear more often on the pitch only this season. So far he played in 11 matches and scored 1 goal in Eredivisie – pretty good result for a 18-year-old. Thanks to all this he regularly receives call-ups for Netherlands U-19 natonal team where he can play with other fantastic “Oranje” talents, such as Bilal Basacikoglu, Richairo Zivkovic, Riechedly Bazoer or Jorrit Hendrix.

 

Quotes:

“Capturing talented guys like Danny Bakker is an important development for ADO Den Haag. It gives a very clear signal that the club wants to do everything to keep the talents in The Hague and to give them a chance to break into the first team.”

(Wilfred van Leeuwen – former ADO Den Haag youth coach)

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

6/10   

Capable to mark his name in Europe with a bit of luck and hard work.

 

Links:

Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/danny-bakker/profil/spieler_250440.html

Soccerway: http://int.soccerway.com/players/danny-bakker/280720/