Brett Trevor Holman

Personal information
Full name	Brett Holman
Date of birth	27 March 1984 (1984-03-27) (age 25)
Place of birth	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current club	AZ Alkmaar
Number	27
Youth career
	Enfield Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2002	Parramatta Power	12	(6)
2002–2006	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2002–2006	→ Excelsior Rotterdam (loan)	134	(39)
2006–2008	NEC Nijmegen	59	(13)
2008–	AZ Alkmaar	30	(4)
National team‡
2000–2001	Australia U-17	10	(3)
2003–2004	Australia U-23	16	(6)
2006–	Australia	29	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Brett Holman (born 27 March 1984, in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian international football (soccer) player. He currently plays as an Attacking Midfielder for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.

[edit] Early life

He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.

[edit] Club career

Holman played for Parramatta Power in Australia before moving to Dutch football club Feyenoord in 2002.

Once in the Netherlands he played for Excelsior on loan before N.E.C. signed him in 2006.

On 7 April 2007 Holman scored two goals for N.E.C. against Eredivisie Leaders, PSV Eindhoven. He was named man of the match, as N.E.C. won 2-1. He was signed by AZ manager Louis Van Gaal in the European summer of 2008 for €3m^[1].

On November 1, 2008 Holman scored his first goal for AZ Alkmaar in a 3-3 away draw against SC Heerenveenat the Abe Lenstra Stadion in Heerenveen after coming on as a second half replacement for Nick van der Velden.

But for the most part of the AZ Alkmaar's title-winning 2008-2009 Eredivisie season Holman struggled for starting opportunities and at the end of the campaign was rumoured to be on his way out at the club.^[2] However he was retained and was given more playing time under the new manager.

[edit] Career stats

[edit] International career

Holman made his debut for Australia against Bahrain on 22 February 2006, in an Asian Cup qualifier.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	March 24, 2007	Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China	China PR	0-1	0-2	Friendly

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• AZ Alkmaar profile
• FFA - Socceroo profile
• OzFootball profile

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