Rein Baart (born 13 April 1972 in Oosterbeek), is a Dutch former footballer.

Rein Baart
Personal information
Full name Rein Baart
Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Oosterbeek, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
ESCA
v.v. SCH
Vitesse Arnhem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 TOP Oss 14 (0)
1998–2002 VVV-Venlo 79 (0)
2002–2005 Fortuna Sittard 95 (0)
2005–2006 Babberich
2006–2007 VVV-Venlo 39 (0)
2007–2010 NEC 1 (0)
2011 FC Edmonton 24 (0)
2012–2014 FC Oss 2 (0)
Total 254 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2016

Career

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Netherlands

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Baart has extensive experience playing in the Eerste Divisie in the Netherlands, having played for TOP Oss, VVV-Venlo, SV Babberich, Fortuna Sittard.[1] He was part of the VVV-Venlo team which won promotion to the Eredivisie at the end of the 2006/2007 season, before moving to and NEC; he spent the next four years in Nijmegen, but only made one league start for the team.

Canada

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Baart was signed by coach Dwight Lodeweges to play for FC Edmonton in 2010, and played in several exhibition games prior to the team's first season in the North American Soccer League. He made his competitive debut for the team in their first official game on April 9, 2011, a 2-1 victory over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

At the end of the 2011 season, Edmonton announced that Baart had declined a contract offer and would not return to the club in 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Rein Baart" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. ^ "www.fcedmonton.com". www.fcedmonton.com.
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