Brett Holman

Football player infobox
playername= Brett Holman
fullname = Brett Holman
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|03|27
cityofbirth = Bankstown, Sydney
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.77
currentclub = AZ Alkmaar
clubnumber = 27
position = Attacking Midfielder, Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001-2002 2002-2006 2002-2006 2006-2008 2008-
clubs = Parramatta Power Feyenoord
→ Excelsior Rotterdam NEC Nijmegen AZ Alkmaar
caps(goals) =012 0(6) 000 0(0)
134 (39) 059 (13) 000 0(0)
nationalyears = 2000-2001
2003-2004
2006-
nationalteam = Australia U-17
Australia U-23
Australia
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 0(3)
16 0(6)
19 0(1)
pcupdate = 28 February 2008
ntupdate = 17:29, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

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

Club career

He previously played for Parramatta Power in Australia before moving to Dutch football club Feyenoord Rotterdam in 2002. At the tender age of 17 in 2002 he was given the opportunity and moved to the Netherlands to play on loan with Excelsior.Once in the Netherlands he played for Excelsior Rotterdam 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. He moved to AZ Alkmaar in the European summer of 2008.

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.

External links

* [http://www.az.nl/index.php?module=teams&memberID=565 AZ Alkmaar profile]
* [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Socceroos/default.aspx?s=soc_player_profile&pid=147&tid=23 FFA - Socceroo profile]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/H/HO.html Oz Football profile]