Robin Roefs is one of the Premier League’s best keepers. A diamond in the rough unearthed by the Black Cats to ruin your favourite striker’s day. The new, fresh-faced frontman of the GK Union.
None of that would be possible without the decade he spent rising through the ranks at NEC Nijmegen, his original home in football, a place still dear to his heart.
On the day that around 100 NEC fans travelled to Wearside to celebrate one of their own, we caught up with Robin to reminisce over the Eredivisie and understand how NEC shaped him.
Robin Roefs is one of the Premier League’s best keepers. A diamond in the rough unearthed by the Black Cats to ruin your favourite striker’s day. The new, fresh-faced frontman of the GK Union.
None of that would be possible without the decade he spent rising through the ranks at NEC Nijmegen, his original home in football, a place still dear to his heart.
On the day that around 100 NEC fans travelled to Wearside to celebrate one of their own, we caught up with Robin to reminisce over the Eredivisie and understand how NEC shaped him.