James Holland (soccer)
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James Robert Holland (born 15 May 1989) is an Australian football player who plays as a midfielder for Austria Wien in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Robert Holland[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-05-15) 15 May 1989 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Wien | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | NSWIS | ||
2007 | AIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | (0) |
2007 | AIS | 24 | (3) |
2007–2009 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | (3) |
2009–2012 | AZ | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2012–2015 | Austria Wien | 105 | (0) |
2015–2016 | MSV Duisburg | 29 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Adelaide United | 13 | (0) |
2017 | Liaoning Whowin | 1 | (0) |
2017–2022 | LASK | 118 | (8) |
2022– | Austria Wien | 28 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Australia U-20 | 25 | (5) |
2008–2012 | Australia U-23 | 5 | (0) |
2008– | Australia | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2022 |
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Holland played youth football at the New South Wales Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Central Coast Mariners in 2006. He went on to play for the Australian Institute of Sport before spending two seasons with Newcastle Jets. He then moved to Europe, playing in the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, most notably for Austria Wien. In 2016, he returned to Australia to play for Adelaide United.
Holland debuted for the Australian national team in 2008. He has gone on to represent Australia over ten times, and was a member of the squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.