Brett Holman

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Brett Holman
Personal information
Full name	Brett Holman
Date of birth	March 27, 1984 (1984-03-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Bankstown, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current club	NEC Nijmegen
Number	10
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2002 2002-2006 2002-2006 2006-	Parramatta Power Feyenoord → Excelsior Rotterdam NEC Nijmegen	012 0(6) 000 0(0) 134 (39) 051 (10)
National team2
2000-2001 2003-2004 2006-	Australia U-17 Australia U-23 Australia	10 0(3) 16 0(6) 15 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Brett Holman (born March 27, 1984, in Bankstown) is an Australian international football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Dutch club NEC.

[edit] Club career

He previously played for Parramatta Power in Australia before moving to Dutch football club Feyenoord Rotterdam in 2002. Once in the Netherlands he played for Excelsior Rotterdam on loan before NEC signed him in 2006. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.

On 7 April 2007 Brett scored two goals for NEC against Eredivisie Leaders, PSV Eindhoven. He was named man of the match, as NEC won 2-1.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Australia against Bahrain on February 22, 2006, in an Asian Cup qualifier. He scored his first international goal against China in a friendly on 24 March 2007.

[edit] External links

• NEC Nijmegen profile
• FFA - Socceroo profile
• Oz Football profile

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