Justin Baas
Filipino footballer (born 2000)
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Mikel Justin Cagurangan Baas (Dutch pronunciation: [baːs]; born 16 March 2000) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League club Manila Digger and the Philippines national team.[1][2]
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Baas playing for Philippines in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikel Justin Cagurangan Baas | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Quezon City, Philippines | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manila Digger | ||
| Number | 70 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Always Forward | ||
| 2012–2016 | Volendam | ||
| 2016–2017 | Always Forward | ||
| 2017–2019 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong AZ | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | United City | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | Melaka United | 14 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Kaya–Iloilo | 7 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Uthai Thani | 24 | (1) |
| 2025 | Melaka | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | Manila Digger | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Philippines U23 | 7 | (1) |
| 2019– | Philippines | 17 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6:18; 11 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00; 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Youth
Raised in Netherlands, Baas had his youth career at Always Forward, Volendam, and AZ.
Jong AZ
During the 2018–19 season, Baas was promoted to the B-team of AZ. Baas made his debut with Jong AZ as a substitute, replacing Léon Bergsma at the 90th minute of the match in a 1–2 away victory against TOP Oss.[3]
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
In September 2020, Baas joined Ratchaburi Mitr Phol, during the middle of the 2020 Thai League 1 season which was temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He signed a three-year contract with the club.[4]
International career
Baas was born in the Philippines and raised in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Filipino mother, making him eligible to play for Netherlands or the Philippines. He initially chose the Netherlands as he was a U-15 national team member, playing a total of 3 games and scoring 1 goal.
Philippines U-22 Olympic
Baas was part of the Philippines U-22 Olympic squad that competed in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.[citation needed] On the second group match on 27 November, he scored the Philippines' only goal in a 2–1 loss to Myanmar.[5]
Philippines
Baas received his first call-up for the Philippines senior team in August 2019 when he was named in the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Syria and Guam.[6][7][8] On 10 September, the 19-year-old Baas made his senior debut in a 4–1 away win against the latter.[9][10]
