Bas Sibum

Bas Sibum (2011) at the season opening of Alemannia

Bas Sibum ( born December 26, 1982 in Emmen Nieuw- Amsterdam) is a Dutch football player.

Career

Sibum began his career at SV Twedo in Nieuw -Amsterdam; Fan of Wim Jonk and Phillip Cocu moved but still in the youth BVO Emmen. Here the midfielder began his professional career; in the 2000 /01 season, he came on as a substitute in the away game against Heracles Almelo on April 7, 2001, the first in the Eerste Divisie used. In his third and final year of the second division, he was a regular player, came on 33 missions and five goals; at the end of the season Emmen was in second, but was in the relegation do not realize the climb.

At FC Emmen the 1.83 meter Sibum of Scouts of FC Twente was discovered, brought him to the 2003/04 season to Ehrendivisionär to Enschede. Here Sibum was able to secure a place in the starting line- alongside Peter Niemeyer, Giorgi Gakhokidze and Simon Cziommer at coach René Vandereycken soon. In three seasons, he completed 87 games for the Tukkers before he no longer it past under coach Fred Rutten, who preferred a three -man midfield with Orlando Engelaar, Otman Bakkal and Karim El Ahmadi, ultimately the role of the spare man. During the winter break, therefore, left with Niemeyer and Sibum two midfielders the club; Niemeyer went to Werder Bremen, Sibum joining Roda JC Kerkrade.

In his years at Roda JC he was in the team of Raymond Atteveld not prevail, however, achieved here on February 10, 2007 his first Eredivisie goal in a 1-0 win against the NEC, with whom he signed a three and a half year contract in January 2008. In Nijmegen he was within a short time first-team regular and a favorite of the audience. In the UEFA Cup, he could ask for coach Mario Been in seven games his skills internationally proof; for N.E.C. came only in the third round with two 0:3 - and 0:1 defeats against Hamburger SV the corner. In the 2009/10 season threw him a hip injury back, but in the winter break, he returned to the team. With N.E.C. However, he could in the season 2010/11, according to the places eleven and 13 in the Vorsaisons, again not penetrate into the first half of the table. For the 2011/12 season Sibum moved free transfer to the German second division Alemannia Aachen, but with which he descended as a table next to last out of the second division. Consequently, he left the club and joined the Belgian first division Waasland.