Wout Holverda

Wout Holverda

Sel. Netherlands nat. football team, 13 March 1984. From left: Hoekstra, Kieft, Van der Gijp, Holverda and Rijvers Photo: Marcel Antonisse (Anefo)
Personal information
Date of birth	April 22, 1958
Place of birth	Leiden, Netherlands
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current team	retired
Youth career
	VV Roodenburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1978-1984	Sparta Rotterdam	133	(55)
1984-1987	Fortuna Sittard	70	(13)
1987-1988	HFC Haarlem	16	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2008. † Appearances (goals)

Wout Holverda (born 22 April 1958) is a former Dutch footballer who played most of his career for Sparta Rotterdam.

Club career

A speedy and stocky forward, Holverda started his professional football career at Sparta and played 7 seasons for them, ending up as their top goalscorer in the 1983/1984 season. That earned him a move to Fortuna Sittard, 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)^[1]

Alzheimer's disease

Holverda was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease what prevented him from visiting Sparta matches. In September 2013, a group of supporters decided to help him and drive Holverda to Sparta matches for the remainder of the season.^[2]

External links

• Player bio - Sparta fanzine In The Winning Mood (Dutch)
• Player bio at Fortuna - Fortuna (Dutch)
• Career stats - Voetbal International (Dutch)

References

1. Holverda in European games - Voetbalstats
2. Holverda ontroerd door actie supporters Sparta - Rijnmond (Dutch)