32 Facts About Matt Holland

Matthew Rhys Holland was born on 11 April 1974 and is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Matt Holland is currently a director and club ambassador at Ipswich Town.

Matt Holland spent six years at Ipswich, making over three hundred appearances and captaining the club to promotion to the Premier League through the First Division play-offs in 2000.

Matt Holland spent six years at Charlton, captaining the club and making over two hundred appearances.

Matt Holland represented the Republic of Ireland from 1999 to 2005 at international level, earning 49 caps and scoring 5 goals.

Matt Holland was included in their squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Matt Holland played a total of 104 games, scoring 18 goals whilst at Dean Court and became captain.

Matt Holland became an integral part of the side during his first season at Portman Road, starting every league and cup game as Ipswich finished 5th in the First Division, qualifying for the First Division play-offs as a result.

Matt Holland again became Ipswich's club captain during his second season at the club and continued to feature as a key part of the team.

Matt Holland featured in every game of season as Ipswich finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the play-offs for a third successive season.

Matt Holland kept up his impressive record of playing every game over the course of the season.

Matt Holland scored 10 goals in the league as Ipswich finished 3rd in the First Division, narrowly missing out on an automatic promotion place on the final day of the season.

Matt Holland started in and captained Ipswich in the final on 29 May 2000 against Barnsley at Wembley Stadium.

Matt Holland again started every league game that season, making 47 appearances in all competitions and scoring 5 goals.

Matt Holland made 54 appearances over the course of the season, scoring 7 goals as Ipswich finished 7th in the league.

Matt Holland's spell at Ipswich is remembered for the consistency he showed, after playing 223 consecutive games and only missing one league match in the six years he was at Portman Road.

Matt Holland made his debut for Charlton against Manchester City on 17 August 2003.

Matt Holland played in every league game during his first season at Charlton, scoring 6 goals.

Matt Holland scored 3 goals in 36 appearances as Charlton finished 11th in the Premier League.

Matt Holland remained with the club following relegation, becoming one of the longest-serving Charlton players.

In July 2009, Matt Holland trained with Colchester United following his release from Charlton in order to keep himself fit.

Matt Holland made his international debut on 9 October 1999 in an away Euro 2000 qualifier against Macedonia, playing the last five minutes as a substitute for Mark Kennedy.

Matt Holland made his club manager at the time, George Burley, aware of his interest and Burley spoke to the national manager Mick McCarthy.

Matt Holland went with the Republic of Ireland to the 2002 World Cup scoring the equaliser against Cameroon in their opening game.

Matt Holland was one of several players and managers who acted as summarisers for BBC Radio Five Live during the 2006 World Cup.

Matt Holland has appeared on the BBC television program A Question of Sport and the radio quiz Fighting Talk.

Matt Holland is a presenter for the Eastern England edition of the BBC regional football show Late Kick Off.

Matt Holland has appeared on many radio shows, he usually appears on talkSPORT on kick off usually on Friday nights and appearing on Matchday Live on Saturday afternoons whenever he is not on Final Score.

Matt Holland has appeared frequently on Absolute Radio and BBC Radio 5 Live as a co-commentator as well as Final Score, Premier Soccer Saturday or talkSPORT.

Matt Holland began work with RTE when he commentated alongside George Hamilton during the Rep.

Matt Holland then appeared as a member of the panel on RTE's Premier Soccer Saturday for a number of weeks.

Matt Holland said that he had particular difficulty on his Charlton debut, when they wore red against Plymouth Argyle's green.