Michael Holt (born 1 February 1986) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Holt began his career with

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

, breaking into the first team in 2005. He scored on his debut on the opening day of the 2005–06 season, a 3–2 win over

Eintracht Nordhorn Eintracht Nordhorn was a German association football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Sportverein Nordhorn'' and adopted the name ''Eintracht Nordhorn'' in 1947. A separate football club known as ' ...

. He scored ten goals in the

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in his first season, and was the club's top scorer the following year, with 19. He signed for Holstein Kiel in 2007, and immediately helped them win the Oberliga Nord, again as the club's top scorer with 22 goals. Kiel were promoted to the Regionalliga Nord, but Holt missed much of the 2008–09 season due to injury. Despite this, he managed eight goals in 15 games, as the club won the title, and a second consecutive promotion. He made his

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debut in the second game of the 2009–10 season, as a substitute for

Alexander Nouri Alexander Nouri ( fa, آلکساندر نوری, ; born 20 August 1979) is a German former footballer and manager. He played professionally for 14 years with Werder Bremen, Seattle Sounders, KFC Uerdingen, VfL Osnabrück, Holstein Kiel and VfB Ol ...

in a 1–0 defeat to

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. He ended the season with 14 goals, but this was not enough to prevent Kiel being relegated in 19th place. Holt then left Kiel, joining the club that had finished below them, Wuppertaler SV. He spent one season with the Regionalliga West club, scoring 10 goals, before returning to

, now in the Regionalliga Nord. After two years in which he was again the club's top scorer (with 11 and 12 goals respectively) he signed for

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of the

in July 2013. He joined

SSVg Velbert SSVg Velbert is a German association football club located in Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1902 as ''Velberter FC 02'' and is the third oldest football club in the region. History Early predecessors Several other pre ...

on a six-month loan in January 2014.

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* * 1986 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards SV Meppen players Holstein Kiel players Wuppertaler SV players SC Preußen Münster players SSVg Velbert players Holstein Kiel II players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub