Full name Melvin Holwijn Years Team Position Forward Current team ASV Arsenal Height 1.76 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Melvin Holwijn | |
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Date of birth (1980-01-02) 2 January 1980 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Melvin Holwijn (born 2 January 1980 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football player who plays for ASV Arsenal in the Vierde Klasse.
Career
Holwijn played in his youth for DCG, FC Abcoude, Jong Ajax. He joined than from A.V.V. Zeeburgia to Telstar, who were promoted in July 1998. After five years with Telstar, Holwijn left the Netherlands and signed for the Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki. He played in Greece for 18 months and, in January 2005, returned to the Netherlands signed to SC Cambuur. After another one and a half years, he left Cambuur and returned to his former club Telstar, becoming their second highest goalscorer of all time with 60 goals. He had a trial at Scottish Football League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in summer 2009, but was not offered a contract. On 21 August 2009, he left Telstar and signed a one-year contract with FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
After a brief spell with FC Lisse, he joined amateur club Blauw-Wit Amsterdam in the summer of 2012. In November 2012, he signed for Barnet on a one-month contract, where Holwijn's former manager at Blauw-Wit, Ulrich Landvreugd, was assistant manager to Edgar Davids, and made his début on 8 December against AFC Wimbledon as an 83rd-minute substitute for George Barker. This was the only appearance he made for the club, and he was released in January 2013. Afterwards, he re-joined Blauw-Wit.