Luc Nijholt

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Luc Nijholt
Personal information
Full name Luc Nijholt [1]
Date of birth (1961-07-29) 29 July 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1987 Haarlem 184 (9)
1987–1988 AZ 9 (0)
1988–1989 Utrecht 15 (0)
1989–1990 Old Boys 27 (4)
1990–1993 Motherwell 96 (5)
1993–1995 Swindon Town 67 (1)
1995–1998 Volendam 60 (1)
Total458(20)
Managerial career
000?–2005 AZ (U19)
2005–2008 Stormvogels Telstar
2008–2009 Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
2010 Qatar (assistant)
2012 Shandong Luneng (assistant)
2016 Meizhou Hakka
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luc Nijholt (born 29 July 1961) is a Dutch football manager and a former player, who played for a number of clubs, both home and abroad.

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Nijholt began his career in the early 1980s with Haarlem, spending six years with the club. Nijholt was a member of the famous Haarlem team that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982–83 season, for the first time in the club's history. However this campaign was to be overshadowed by the Luzhniki disaster. He then moved on to single seasons with AZ, Utrecht and Swiss side Old Boys. In 1990, Nijholt moved to Scottish side Motherwell and helped them win the Scottish Cup in his first season.

In 1993, he moved to English]side Swindon Town for a fee of £175,000, spending two years with The Robins. He joined them after they won promotion to the FA Premier League, but couldn't prevent from being relegated after just one reason with a mere five wins and a defence that leaked 100 goals in the league. However, he did score his only goal for Swindon on 19 March 1994 in a surprise 2–2 home draw against that season's double winners Manchester United. A year later he was part of the side which reached the Football League Cup semi finals but suffered a second successive relegation.

After leaving Swindon in 1995, Nijholt joined Volendam and spent three years with them before retiring in 1998.

Nijholt became manager of Stormvogels Telstar in 2005 and has since declared his interest in managing former clubs Swindon [2] and Motherwell, [3] although neither application was successful.

He was the assistant coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) during 2008–09 season. In 2010, he reunited with Co Adriaanse to be part of his coaching staff with the Qatar national team. [4]

In 1984 his then 21 year old girlfriend Sandra van Raalte was murdered in the clothing store where she worked. The case is known as 'de paskamermoord', which translates to English as 'the fitting room murder'.

Personal life

His son Gianluca Nijholt is also a professional footballer.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Luc Nijholt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nijholt keen on Swindon boss post". BBC Sport. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nijholt wants return to Fir Park". BBC Sport. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Rangers wint bij Celtic; rood voor Vennegoor".
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