Nico-Jan Hoogma (born 26 October 1968) is a Dutch former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender. He started his career with

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

and after three years moved to

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...

. In 1998, he moved to Germany, where he played for

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

, before seeing out his career with Heracles Almelo, aged 38. Between 1 Januari 2007 and 1 March 2018 he was

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at Heracles Almelo. Sinds 1 March 2018 he is

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at the Royal Netherlands Football Association.

Honours

DFB-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous ...

: 2003

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Heerenveen Dutch footballers Association football defenders SC Cambuur players FC Twente players Hamburger SV players Heracles Almelo players Bundesliga players Eredivisie players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Footballers from Friesland Heracles Almelo non-playing staff Dutch sports executives and administrators {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub