Nordin Wooter
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
OSV | |||
Zeeburgia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Ajax | 58 | (6) |
1997–1999 | Zaragoza | 32 | (1) |
1999–2002 | Watford | 63 | (3) |
2002–2003 | RBC | 29 | (2) |
2003–2004 | Braga | 19 | (0) |
2004 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 14 | (7) |
2004–2006 | Panathinaikos | 21 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Sivasspor | 10 | (3) |
2007–2008 | AEK Larnaca | 11 | (2) |
Total | 257 | (25) | |
International career | |||
Netherlands under-18 | |||
Netherlands under-21 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nordin Wooter (born 24 August 1976 in Breda) is a Dutch former footballer of Surinamese descent, who played as a right-winger.
Wooter started his playing career at Ajax, where he became the first teenager ever to score in a UEFA Champions League semi-final.[1] A spell at La Liga side Real Zaragoza followed, before in 1999 Wooter joined English Premier League club Watford for a then club-record fee of £950,000.[2] He made his debut for Watford in a memorable 1–0 win over Chelsea,[3] and went on to score 3 goals for the club, against Leicester City,[4] Norwich City[5] and Wimbledon.[6]
Wooter also played for the Netherlands under-18 and under-21 teams. He was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
References
- ^ Johnston, Neil (8 May 2019). "Ajax 2-3 Tottenham (3-3 on aggregate - Spurs win on away goals): Lucas Moura scores dramatic winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Football: Watford in record buy as Wooter signs for pounds 950,000". The Independent. 14 September 1999.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (18 September 1999). "Smart dumbfounds Chelsea". London: The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Collymore impresses on debut". BBC. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Watford 4-1 Norwich". BBC. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Wimbledon stung at Watford". BBC. 7 September 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
External links
- Nordin Wooter at Soccerbase
- Nordin Wooter profile at Dutch Players Abroad
- Tribute by Ian Grant at Blind, Stupid and Desperate
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- Sportspeople from Breda
- Association football wingers
- AFC Ajax players
- Watford F.C. players
- RBC Roosendaal players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Real Zaragoza players
- Sivasspor footballers
- S.C. Braga players
- A.V.V. Zeeburgia players
- Eredivisie players
- La Liga players
- Premier League players
- English Football League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Süper Lig players
- Super League Greece players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
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- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
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- AFC Ajax non-playing staff
- Dutch football midfielder stubs
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