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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 (1958-04-22) April 22, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Leiden, Netherlands
Position(s) striker
Team 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2008

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]

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