Nick van der Velden (born 16 December 1981) is a Dutch former

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. He previously played for

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

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FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

, Willem II,

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

Bali United Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...

, and

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Playing career

Van der Velden started his senior career at

before moving to

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

. He would return to Waalwijk and return again to Dordrecht. In 2008 he joined AZ, which was coached by Champions League-winning manager

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. Alongside Dutch national side members like

Stijn Schaars Stephanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars (born 11 January 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Vitesse Born in Gendt, Gelderland, Schaars was first discovered by Dutch coach Theo Bos, who went on to ...

and

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as well as foreign internationals,

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, and

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for instance, they won the

2008–09 Eredivisie The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A tota ...

and qualified for the

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and the 2009 Johan Cruyff Shield. They won the Shield but finished bottom of Group H in the Champions League, prompting the new manager

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the younger brother of his former international teammate Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. Koeman was cap ...

to be sacked and replaced by

Dick Advocaat Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat (; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch former football player and coach who is currently the head coach of Eerste Divisie side ADO Den Haag. Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three sti ...

. AZ finished fifth and qualified for the

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...

. Van der Velden moved to

in 2011 before moving to

two years later. He won the

2014–15 KNVB Cup The 2014–15 KNVB Cup was the 97th season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 27 August 2014 with the matches of Round 1 and ended with the final on 3 May 2015. The winner qualified for the group stage of ...

in his final season there. He then moved to Willem II before went abroad to Scottish club

. He helped Dundee United win the

Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Bali United Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...

, helping the club finish second in the 2017 Liga 1, controversially losing only on head-to-head to police-owned Bhayangkara F.C. As the champions failed to obtain the AFC license, Bali qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

Honours

;AZ Alkmaar *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: 2008–09 *

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

;Groningen *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2014–15 ;Dundee United *

Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,2016–17

References

External links

Voetbal International profile

Nick van der Velden Interview
1981 births Living people Dutch men's footballers AFC DWS players RKC Waalwijk players FC Dordrecht players AZ Alkmaar players NEC Nijmegen players FC Groningen players Willem II (football club) players Dundee United F.C. players Bali United F.C. players Amsterdamsche FC players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Scottish Professional Football League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football midfielders Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub