Nordin Wooter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OSV | |||
|
Zeeburgia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Ajax | 58 | (6) |
| 1997–1999 | Zaragoza | 32 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Watford | 63 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | RBC | 29 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Braga | 19 | (0) |
| 2004 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 14 | (7) |
| 2004–2006 | Panathinaikos | 21 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Sivasspor | 10 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 |
AEK Larnaca | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 257 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| Netherlands U17 | 8 | (2) | |
| Netherlands U19 | 23 | (7) | |
| Netherlands U21 | 15 | (5) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nordin Wooter (born 24 August 1976) is a Dutch former professional
Club career
Wooter was born in Breda, and started playing at OSV and AVV Zeeburgia before joining the youth academy of Ajax. He entered the Ajax first team at the time of the successes between 1994 and 1996 where he became the national champion twice and won the UEFA Champions League with the team. On 17 April 1996, he became the first teenager ever to score in a UEFA Champions League semi-final. This happened during the 1995–96 season in an away match against Panathinaikos, in which Wooter scored the third and last goal after two previous goals by Jari Litmanen.[1]
A spell at
After short periods at
International career
Wooter was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. For the Netherlands U17 he made eight appearances scoring two goals.[7] For the Netherlands U19 he made 23 appearances scoring seven goals.[8] For the Netherlands U21 he made 15 appearances scoring five goals.[9]
Post-playing career
From 2010 to 2012 Wooter was chairman of FC New Amsterdam, which emerged from SC Nieuwendam, which was formed in 2004 from a merger, and his organization 'Masters of the Game', where he works together with his former Ajax teammates Kiki Musampa and Tarik Oulida. He was declared bankrupt in 2011[10] and the club followed suit a year later.[11] Since 2012 he has been working as a technique trainer for the youngest youth players at Ajax. In January 2019 he was appointed coach of FC Lienden.
By the end of 2014 Wooter together with David Endt managed a FIFA supported project for the Surinamese Football Association (S.V.B.) where the football school of Wooter in the Netherlands has the delegated authority from the S.V.B. to map out players of Surinamese descent and to interest them in coming out for the Suriname national team.[12]
References
- ^ Johnston, Neil (8 May 2019). "Ajax 2-3 Tottenham (3-3 on aggregate - Spurs win on away goals): Lucas Moura scores dramatic winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Football: Watford in record buy as Wooter signs for pounds 950,000". The Independent. 14 September 1999. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (18 September 1999). "Smart dumbfounds Chelsea". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Collymore impresses on debut". BBC. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Watford 4-1 Norwich". BBC. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Wimbledon stung at Watford". BBC. 7 September 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "OnsOranje". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "OnsOranje". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "OnsOranje". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Nordin Wooter heeft geen cent meer". 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Nordin Wooter – Vallen en weer opstaan". 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Wooter polst Suriprofs voor Natio namens SVB".
External links
- Nordin Wooter at Soccerbase
- Nordin Wooter profile at Dutch Players Abroad
- Tribute by Ian Grant at Blind, Stupid and Desperate
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