Thomas Holm

Norwegian footballer (born 1981)

Thomas Holm
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KFUM Oslo (assistant manager)
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)
2014 Nordstrand
Total 236 (6)
International career
2000–2003 Norway U21 32 (0)
2004–2005 Norway 4 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Nordstrand (assistant)
2017–2023 Nordstrand
2024– KFUM Oslo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Holm (born 19 February 1981) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he played for SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, Vålerenga, Molde, Tromsø, and Fredrikstad. He is the older half-brother of Vålerenga player Daniel Fredheim Holm.

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

Club career

Holm was born in Oslo, and grew up in Trosterud. He played for Vålerenga's youth team but transferred to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen during the summer of 1998. Holm played as a right back and defensive midfielder under head coach Foppe de Haan, and in 2000 he signed a four-year contract with the club worth 10 million Norwegian kroner.[1]

In the 2001–02 season, Holm was loaned out to BV Veendam.,[2] but moved back to Norway and Vålerenga in September 2002. He said that the move, which meant a drop in salary, was due to his belief in Vålerenga's ambitions and their supporters.[3] The head coach of Vålerenga, Kjetil Rekdal had a high view of Holm, and said that he was a talented player with a big future,[3] and the prefect replacement for himself in the midfield after his own retirement.[4] Holm won the Norwegian Cup with Vålerenga in 2002.[5]

Holm was unable to play during 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] In the next season, Vålerenga and Holm won the league, one point ahead of Start.[5]

After a less active 2007 season, playing only six league games and fourteen games in total, Holm transferred to Molde. In total he played 145 matches for Vålerenga, and scored three goals.[5] He played sixty 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 but without any success,[7] and Holm played under the leadership of the new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, until he was loaned to Tromsø in August 2011 for the rest of the 2011 season.[2] Thus, 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] He then retired. He became the assistant manager of Nordstrand IF in 2014.

International career

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

After a 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, were also a part of that national team squad.[13] In total Holm has earned four caps with the Norwegian national team.[2]

Career statistics

Source:[14][15]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other[16] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2002 Tippeligaen 4 0 1 0 — — 5 0
2003 18 1 5 0 — — 23 1
2004 24 1 3 0 1[a] 0 3[b] 0 31 1
2005 21 0 4 1 4[c] 0 8[b] 0 37 1
2006 22 0 3 0 2[d] 0 8[b] 0 35 0
2007 7 0 3 0 4[e] 0 1[b] 0 15 0
Total 96 2 19 1 11 0 20 0 146 3
Molde 2008 Tippeligaen 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
2009 15 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2010 27 2 2 0 4[f] 0 — 33 2
2011 8 1 2 1 — — 10 2
Total 68 3 8 1 4 0 — 80 4
Tromsø 2011 Tippeligaen 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Fredrikstad 2012 Tippeligaen 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
Career total 188 6 27 2 15 0 20 0 250 8
  1. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in the Royal League
  3. ^ Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and one appearance in the UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
  5. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in the Europa League

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. ^ a b c d "TIL leier Thomas Holm fra Molde FK ut året". til.no (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b "- Kan tilføre Vålerenga alt". Aftenposten Aften. 3 September 2002.
  4. ^ "Holm tar gjerne Rekdal-rollen". Aftenposten Aften. 19 September 2002.
  5. ^ a b c "Thomas Holm solgt til Molde". Vålerenga Fotball. 21 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  6. ^ "- Perfekt for landslaget". Aftenposten Aften. 15 November 2004.
  7. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 15 April 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). Fredriksstad 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. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Thomas Holm". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2.
  15. ^ "Thomas Holm". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB.
  16. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Royal League and the Eliteserien Promotion/relegation play-offs

External links

  • (in Norwegian) Player profile on official club website
  • (in Norwegian) National Caps[permanent dead link]