Club career James Holland (footballer)

1 club career

1.1 newcastle jets
1.2 az alkmaar
1.3 sparta rotterdam
1.4 austria wien
1.5 msv duisburg
1.6 adelaide united
1.7 liaoning whowin
1.8 return austria

club career

holland captained nsw under-16 side @ 2005 qantas national talent identification championships in parklea, tournament nsw team won. 2007 ais football scholarship holder , influential player in successful campaign in victorian premier league.

newcastle jets

holland made impressive a-league debut newcastle jets playing 2 games short term injury replacement player. scored goal against wellington phoenix in first game, making him youngest player score in a-league.

in october 2007 signed full-time 2-year professional contract newcastle jets, despite interest home town club , newcastle s rivals central coast mariners. holland had made 3 appearances mariners on short term contract during 2006 a-league pre-season challenge cup.

holland part of newcastle jets team won 2008 a-league grand final against central coast mariners. involved in controversy during second-half injury time when handballed inside penalty area. referee mark shield failed spot handball , did not award penalty. holland later stated didn t feel ball hit arm , wasn t intentional act.

az alkmaar

on 11 january 2009, dutch club az alkmaar completed signing of highly rated australian midfielder $650,000 (€350,000) on four-and-a-half year contract newcastle jets. had earlier trialled @ club.

sparta rotterdam

on 19 january 2011 announced holland playing dutch first division club sparta rotterdam rest of season.

austria wien

holland (right) in action austria wien in 2014

on 17 january 2012 announced had signed 1 , half year contract austrian bundesliga giants austria wien after trialling club.

msv duisburg

he joined msv duisburg 2015–16 season.

adelaide united

in september 2016, holland signed two-year contract adelaide united, returning a-league. on 12 january 2017, adelaide united s coach guillermo amor confirmed holland exited adelaide united go china.

liaoning whowin

on 18th january 2017, confirmed holland had joined chinese super league club liaoning whowin alongside fellow australian robbie kruse on two-year deal.

in may 2017, holland , kruse terminated contracts liaoning whowin due unpaid wages.

return austria

holland returned austria in june 2017 play newly-promoted bundesliga side lask linz.