Brett Holman (born 27 March 1984, in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian international football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.
He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.
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 ...
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Brett Holman (born 27 March 1984, in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian international football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.
He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham.
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.
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...
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