Wout Holverda
Encyclopedia
Wout Holverda is a former Dutch
footballer who played most of his career for Sparta Rotterdam
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where he played alongside British striker John Linford
but a niggling groin injury did not make him a success at Fortuna and he spent his last seasons at HFC Haarlem
before retiring.
With Sparta as well as with Fortuna he played European Cup matches, 11 games in total (4 goals)
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
footballer who played most of his career for Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
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Club career
A speedy and stocky forward, Holverda started his professional football career at Sparta and played 7 season for them, ending up as their top goalscorer in the 1983/1984 season. That earned him a move to Fortuna SittardFortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
where he played alongside British striker John Linford
John Linford
John Russell Linford is a retired English footballer who played in England for Gorleston, Ipswich Town, Colchester United, Southend United and Birmingham City, in the Netherlands for Fortuna Sittard, NAC Breda, FC Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Dordrecht and ADO Den Haag, and in Switzerland for FC...
but a niggling groin injury did not make him a success at Fortuna and he spent his last seasons at HFC Haarlem
HFC Haarlem
HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...
before retiring.
With Sparta as well as with Fortuna he played European Cup matches, 11 games in total (4 goals)
External links
- Player bio - Sparta fanzine In The Winning Mood
- Player bio at Fortuna - Fortuna
- Career stats - Voetbal International