Thomas Holm

For other people named Thomas Holm, see Thomas Holm (disambiguation).
Thomas Holm
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fredrikstad
Number 22
Youth career
Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2002 SC Heerenveen 36 (0)
2001–2002 → BV Veendam (loan) 12 (0)
2002–2007 Vålerenga 96 (2)
2008–2011 Molde 68 (3)
2011 → Tromsø (loan) 11 (0)
2012– Fredrikstad 13 (1)
National team‡
2000–2003 Norway U21 32 (0)
2004–2005 Norway 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2008

Thomas Holm (born 19 February 1981) is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Fredrikstad. He has previously played for SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, Vålerenga, Molde and Tromsø. He is the older half-brother of Vålerenga player Daniel Fredheim Holm.

Holm won Tippeligaen with Vålerenga in 2005 and Molde in 2011. He has been capped four times for Norway.

Club career

Holm was born in Oslo, and grew up in Trosterud, and played for Vålerenga's youth team. He felt that Vålerenga did not give the youth a chance, and transferred to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen during the summer of 1998. Holm performed well as right back and defensive midfielder under head coach Foppe de Haan's command, and in 2000 he signed a four-year contract worth 10 million Norwegian kroner.[1]

In the 2001–02 season, Holm was loaned out to BV Veendam,[2] and in September 2002 he moved back to Norway and Vålerenga where he accepted a lower salary, and justified the transfer with Vålerenga's ambitions and supporters.[3] Head coach of Vålerenga, Kjetil Rekdal had big faith in Holm, and said that he was a talented player with a big future,[3] and stated that Holm would be the perfect replacement for Rekdal in the midfield after his own retirement.[4] Holm won the Norwegian Cup with Vålerenga in 2002.[5]

Holm lost most of the 2003 season due to a calf fracture, but in 2004 he was back and was a contributing factor to Vålerenga's good season when they lost the league championship to Rosenborg on goal difference.[6] The next season Vålerenga and Holm won the league, one point ahead of Start[5]

Holm did not play much during the 2007 season, only six league-games and 14 games in total, and transferred to Molde after that season. In total he played 145 matches for Vålerenga, and scored three goals.[5] He played 60 league-matches during his first three seasons in Molde,[7] and in 2009 he won silver in both the league and the cup with Molde.[8] Nevertheless, after the 2010 season, Molde tried to sell Holm to other clubs, without any success,[7] and Holm played under the command of the new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, until he in August 2011 was loaned out to Tromsø for the rest of the 2011 season.[2] As such, Holm was both champion and runner-up of the 2011 Tippeligaen, as Molde won the league while Tromsø finished second.[9]

On 14 January 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Fredrikstad, after leaving Molde on a free transfer,[10][11] and on 14 April he scored his first goal for the club when Fredrikstad lost 2–1 against Rosenborg at home.[12]

International career

Holm played 38 times for different national youth teams, and 32 times for Norway U21.[2]

After a good season with Vålerenga in 2004, Holm made his debut for Norway against Australia at Craven Cottage in November 2004. His teammates at the club Steffen Iversen, Erik Hagen and Ardian Gashi was also a part of that national team squad.[13] In total Holm has earned 4 caps for the Norwegian national team.[2]

Career statistics

As of 1 October 2012[14]
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2002 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 401050
2003 18150231
2004 24130271
2005 21041251
2006 22030250
2007 7030100
2008 Molde 18020200
2009 15020170
2010 27220292
2011 8121102
2011 Tromsø 11000110
2012 Fredrikstad 13100131
2013 Adeccoligaen 000000
Career Total 18862722158

Honours

Vålerenga
Molde
Tromsø

References

  1. ↑ "Han ga blaffen i Vålerenga og ble utenlandsproff bare 17 år gammel. Nå har Thomas Holm skrevet kontrakt verdt 10 mill". Verdens Gang. 6 March 2000.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "TIL leier Thomas Holm fra Molde FK ut året". til.no (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "- Kan tilføre Vålerenga alt". Aftenposten Aften. 3 September 2002.
  4. ↑ "Holm tar gjerne Rekdal-rollen". Aftenposten Aften. 19 September 2002.
  5. 1 2 3 "Thomas Holm solgt til Molde". Vålerenga Fotball. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "- Perfekt for landslaget". Aftenposten Aften. 15 November 2004.
  7. 1 2 "Kan være ferdig i Molde". nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Thomas Holm: – Fortsatt sulten på suksess.". fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Dobbel glede for Holm". nordlys.no (in Norwegian). Nordlys. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Smørdal, Sander (14 January 2012). "Thomas Holm til Fredrikstad". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Simensen, Joakim (14 January 2012). "Her er FFKs første forsterkning". f-b.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad Blad.
  12. ↑ Beinnes, Christoffer (14 April 2012). "- Vi må lage litt show". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Olsen, Sinde J. (16 November 2004). "Vålerenga erobrer Norge". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Thomas Holm". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2.

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