Current team retired Name Wout Holverda | Years Team Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1958-04-22) April 22, 1958 (age 57) | ||
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Wout Holverda (born 22 April 1958) is a former Dutch footballer who played most of his career for Sparta Rotterdam.
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- Sparta legends lucky ajax 20 08 14 benefietwedstrijd wout holverda
- Club career
- Alzheimers disease
- References
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)
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.