Brett Holman born 27 March 1984 is an Australian professional football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker, attacking midfielder or left winger for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and the Australia national football team.Brett Holman was born in Australia to Australian parents. He grew up in the inner western suburbs of Sydney and was educated at the Catholic Christian Brothers' High School in Lewisham. Brett lived in the Sydney suburb of Croydon Park in Sydney's inner-westand played junior football for the Enfield Rovers. He left school in late 2000 to pursue his footballing career, signing with the Parramatta Power.
Holman played for Northern Spirit and Parramatta Power in Australia before moving to Dutch football club Feyenoord in 2002.
Once in the Netherlands he played for SBV Excelsior on loan before NEC Nijmegen signed him in 2006.
On 7 April 2007 Holman scored two goals for NEC Nijmegen against Eredivisie leaders, PSV Eindhoven. He was named man of the match, as NEC Nijmegen won 2–1. He was signed by AZ Alkmaar manager Louis Van Gaal in the European summer of 2008 for €3m.
On 1 November 2008 Holman scored his first goal for AZ Alkmaar in a 3–3 away draw against SC Heerenveen at the Abe Lenstra Stadion in Heerenveen after coming on as a second half replacement for Nick van der Velden.
During most 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. However he was retained and was given more playing time under the new manager.
Under Dick Advocaat Holman has been given substantially more game time, including a number of appearances in the UEFA Champions League. On matchday 6, Holman impressed in AZ Alkmaar's 1–1 draw against Standard Liege.
Holman made his international debut for Australia in 2006 against Bahrain.
On 19 June 2010, Holman scored the opening goal against Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in a 1–1 draw, following up from a Marco Bresciano free kick. On 24 June 2010, he then scored the second goal in the final group stage match against Serbia with a swerving 25 yard drive. On 10 January 2011, Holman scored the 3rd goal in Australia's 4–0 win over India in the Asian Cup.
ABOUT BRETT HOLMAN
Full name: Brett Trevor HolmanDate of birth: 27 March 1984
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
–2001 Northern Spirit
Senior career
2001–2002 Parramatta Power 13 (5)
2002–2006 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2002–2006 → SBV Excelsior (loan) 134 (39)
2006–2008 N.E.C. 59 (13)
2008– AZ 66 (10)
National team
2000–2001 Australia U-17 10 (3)
2003–2004 Australia U-23 16 (6)
2006– Australia 48 (6)
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