.png) Baas 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(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| 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 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | United City | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | Melaka United | 14 | (2) |
| 2023-2024 | Kaya–Iloilo | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Philippines U23 | 7 | (1) |
| 2019– | Philippines | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:30; 10 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:43; 23 November 2023 | |||
Mikel Justin Cagurangan Baas (Dutch pronunciation: [baːs]; born 16 March 2000) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for for Philippines Football League club Kaya–Iloilo and Philippines national team.[1]
Raised in Netherlands, Baas had his youth career at Always Forward, Volendam, and 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.
Baas was part of the Philippines U-22 Olympic squad that competed in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.[4] On the second group match on 27 November, he scored the Philippines' only goal in a 2–1 loss to Myanmar.[5]
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]