Nordin Wooter (born 24 August 1976) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a right-winger.

Club career

Wooter was born in

Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...

, and started playing at OSV and

AVV Zeeburgia The Amsterdamse Voetbalvereniging Zeeburgia is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has been dubbed " royal supplier" as many Dutch professional footballers started at Zeeburgia youth teams. In 2020–2021, the first squad plays in the ...

before joining the youth academy of

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. 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

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semi-final. This happened during the 1995–96 season in an away match against

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, in which Wooter scored the third and last goal after two previous goals by

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. A spell at

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side

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followed, before in 1999 Wooter joined English

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club

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

for a then club-record fee of £950,000. He made his debut for Watford in a memorable 1–0 win over

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, and went on to score three goals for the club, against

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Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

and

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. After short periods at

RBC Roosendaal RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde Kl ...

and

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, he was successful in 2004 with

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

in Cyprus. He was taken over by

during the 2004–05 season. In the 2006–07 season he played for

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...

and a season later he ended his playing career with

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

International career

Wooter was a member of the Dutch squad at the

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. For the Netherlands U17 he made eight appearances scoring two goals. For the Netherlands U19 he made 23 appearances scoring seven goals. For the Netherlands U21 he made 15 appearances scoring five goals.

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

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and

Tarik Oulida Tarik Oulida (born 19 January 1974) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Ajax (1992–1995), Sevilla (1995–1998), Nagoya Grampus Eight (1998–2002), Sedan Ardennes (2002–2003), Consadole Sappor ...

. He was declared bankrupt in 2011 and the club followed suit a year later. 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

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. By the end of 2014 Wooter together with

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managed a

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supported project for the

Surinamese Football Association The Surinamese Football Association ( nl, Surinaamse Voetbal Bond ) is the governing body of football in Suriname. It organizes the Surinamese football league system, the Surinamese Cup, Suriname President's Cup, Suriname national football team, ...

(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.

References

External links

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Nordin Wooter profile at Dutch Players Abroad
1976 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch footballers Footballers from Breda Association football wingers AFC Ajax players Watford F.C. players RBC Roosendaal players AEK Larnaca FC players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Real Zaragoza players Sivasspor footballers S.C. Braga players AVV Zeeburgia players Eredivisie players La Liga players Premier League players English Football League players Primeira Liga players Süper Lig players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Netherlands under-21 international footballers Netherlands youth international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey AFC Ajax non-playing staff {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub