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Appearances:

29

Starts:

17

Substitute:

12

Unused:

12

Goals:

2

Games per Goal:

14.50

Assists:

2

Goal Involvements:

4

Player #844

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Winger

2012-13

2012-13

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Brett Holman

Brett Holman

Seasons Quick-View

Season

2012-13

Age

28

Division

PL

Squad #

#14

Appearances

29

Starts

17

Subs

12

Unused

12

Goals

2

Assists

2

Bookings

1

Red Cards

0

Games / Goals

14.50

Goal

Involvements

4

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Goalkeeping Statistics

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2012-13

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🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.

Brett Trevor Holman

Birth Date

27 March 1984

Birth Place

Sydney

Birth Country

Australia

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Citizenship

Australia

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams

2001-02 Parramata Power
National Soccer League, 🕒 13 | 12 (1) | ⚽ 5 |

2002-06 Feyenoord, Free
Eredivisie, 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

2003-06 S.B.V. Excelsior, Loan
Eredivisie, Keuken Kampioen Divisie, 🕒 48 | 18 (30) | ⚽ 8 |

2006-08 NEC Nijmegen, Free
Keuken Kampioen Divisie, Eredivisie, 🕒 67 | 65 (2) | ⚽ 17 |

2008-12 AZ Alkmaar, £2.70m
Eredivisie, 🕒 79 | 75 (4) | ⚽ 12 |

Transfer in

Aged

28

From

AZ Alkmaar

For

Free

On

1 July 2012

Under

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Transfer In

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

Aged

29

Al-Nasr

To

For

Free

On

30 June 2013

Under

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Subsequent Clubs

2013-15 Al-Nasr SC, Free
UAE Pro League, 🕒 50 | 48 (2) | ⚽ 8 |

2015-16 Emirates Club, Free
UAE Pro League, 🕒 20 | 19 (1) | ⚽ 5 |

2016-19 Brisbane Roar, Free
A-League, 🕒 38 | 31 (7) | ⚽ 10 |

2019 Retired aged 35

Villa Career

2012-13 | Free |
PL |
🕒 29 | 17 (12) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 12 | #844 |

Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Appearances

Unused

29

12

Goals

2

Played Under

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2012-13

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

(First Squad)

Manager

First Goal

2012-13

18 August 2012

West Ham United (a), Premier League

28

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

18 August 2012

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1 December 2012

Appearances

Goals

29

2

Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

2012-13

4 May 2013

Norwich City (a), Premier League

Aged

Manager

(Final Squad)

Manager

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

30

11 May 2013

Paul Lambert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

(5 ft 9 in) 1.77 m

Foot

Right

International Record

National Team

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Australia

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

2006-13 🕒 57 | 39 (18) | ⚽ 8 |

Caps with Villa

🕒 8 | 7 (1) | ⚽ 3 |

Brett Holman

Player #844 for Aston Villa, Brett Trevor Holman played as a winger for the club in Villa’s 2012-13 Premier League campaign, making 29 appearances and scoring twice.

Holman was born in Bankstown, Australia on 27 March 1984.

Paul Lambert had signed Holman from AZ Alkmaar on a free transfer in July 2012 and amongst a raft of lower league signings, Holman represented an experience head. In a mystery to rival that of Chris Herd however, although not quite, there was a certain irony that another Australian had arrived at the club, made the first team, hadn’t looked unduly compromised and yet suddenly and swiftly disappeared from the scene.

Even for a regime as bewildering as that of Lambert’s this was an outlier in confusion.

Lambert handed Holman his debut aged 28 in the opening game of the 2012-13 season in Villa’s 0-1 defeat to West Ham United on Saturday, 18 August 2012 and he went on to feature in every one of Villa’s 21 Premier League squads to New Year’s Day 2013, making 15 starts and 6 substitute appearances whilst scoring twice and contributing two assists.

Across the final 21 games of the season, Lambert handed Holman one start and 5 substitute appearances including his final appearance on Saturday, 4 May 2013 as a 78’ substitute for Yacouba Sylla in Villa’s 2-1 win over Norwich City.

Holman would move on a free transfer to Al-Nasr in July 2013 aged 29 after one of the most contrasting two halves of a football season as you are ever likely to see.

Holman had played under Paul Lambert.

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