Melvin Holwijn

Melvin Holwijn

Melvin Holwijn, Dutch football player, 2009
Personal information
Full name	Melvin Holwijn
Date of birth	(1980-01-02) 2 January 1980
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger/Forward
Team information
Current team	ASV Arsenal
Youth career
	DCG
	FC Abcoude
	Ajax
	Zeeburgia
	Telstar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Telstar	71	(13)
2001–2003	Stormvogels Telstar	83	(33)
2003–2004	Iraklis Thessaloniki	17	(0)
2005–2006	Cambuur Leeuwarden	39	(4)
2006–2009	Stormvogels Telstar	83	(21)
2009–2010	Carl Zeiss Jena	18	(3)
2010–2012	Telstar	36	(2)
2012	FC Lisse	?	(?)
2012	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	?	(?)
2012–2013	Barnet	1	(0)
2013	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	?	(?)
2014	SV Hoofddorp	?	(?)
2014–	ASV Arsenal	?	(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:58, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Melvin Holwijn (born 2 January 1980) is a Dutch football player who plays for ASV Arsenal in the Vierde Klasse.

Career

Holwijn was born in Amsterdam, and played in his youth for DCG, FC Abcoude, and 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.

External links

• Kicker Profile
• Melvin Holwijn at Soccerbase