Stuart Holden

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Stuart Holden
Personal information
Full name Stuart Holden
Date of birth August 1, 1985 (1985-08-01) (age 22)
Place of birth    Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Houston Dynamo
Number 22
Youth clubs
2003-04 Clemson
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005
2006-		 Sunderland
Houston Dynamo		 00 (0)
36 (6)   
National team2

2007-08		 United States U-20
Untied States U-23		 11 (1)
7 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 March 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 March 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Stuart Holden (born August 1, 1985 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Scottish/American football player who currently plays midfielder for the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Professional Career

After playing two years at Clemson University, Holden signed with English club Sunderland in March 2005. Shortly after, Holden suffered a brutal attack[1] in which his left eye socket was fractured outside a bar in Newcastle March 12, 2005.

Holden returned to the U.S. to play in MLS with hometown team Houston for the 2006 season and made his MLS debut May 27, 2006. Holden scored his first professional goal July 22, 2006 in a 1-1 home draw against New England. He appeared thirteen times in the 2006 regular season and twice as a substitute in Houston's run to the MLS Cup 2006 championship. In the championship penalty shootout, Holden took the Dynamo's second shot and scored to the top right corner.

Holden's playing time increased in 2007, and he made the most of it as an outside midfielder, starting on the left when teammate Brad Davis went down with injury. In July, Holden scored goals on consecutive Thursday night games televised by ESPN2 and added three assists in league play and another in SuperLiga play, as of July 25.

[edit] International Career

Capped eleven times as a United States youth international at the U-20 level. Early in 2007, Holden was called in to the U.S. U-23 squad for a camp in California and in December for a camp and trip to China to play matches against the China U-23 team.

[edit] See also

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