Thomas Holm (born 19 February 1981) is a Norwegian former professional

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. A

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, he played for

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, and

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. He is the older half-brother of

player

Daniel Fredheim Holm Daniel Fredheim Holm (born 30 July 1985) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder and works as an assistant coach for KFUM in the OBOS-ligaen. He is the half-brother of former Vålerenga colleague Thomas Holm, and the son of forme ...

. Holm won the

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with Vålerenga in

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and with Molde in

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. He was capped four times for

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Club career

Holm was born in

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, and grew up in

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. He played for

's youth team but transferred to

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club

during the summer of 1998. Holm played as a right back and defensive midfielder under head coach

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, and in 2000 he signed a four-year contract with the club worth 10 million

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. In the 2001–02 season, Holm was loaned out to

., but moved back to Norway and Vålerenga in September 2002. He said that the move, which meant a drop in salary, was due to his belief in Vålerenga's ambitions and their supporters. The head coach of Vålerenga,

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had a high view of Holm, and said that he was a talented player with a big future, and the prefect replacement for himself in the midfield after his own retirement. Holm won the

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with Vålerenga in

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. Holm was unable to play during most of the

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due to a calf fracture, but in

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he was back and was a contributing factor to Vålerenga's good season when they lost the league championship to Rosenborg on goal difference. In the next season, Vålerenga and Holm won the league, one point ahead of

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. After a less active 2007 season, playing only six league games and fourteen games in total, Holm transferred to

. In total he played 145 matches for Vålerenga, and scored three goals. He played sixty league-matches during his first three seasons in Molde, and in 2009 he won silver in both the league and the cup with Molde. Nevertheless, after the 2010 season, Molde tried to sell Holm to other clubs but without any success, and Holm played under the leadership of the new manager

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, until he was loaned to

in August 2011 for the rest of the 2011 season. Thus, Holm was both champion and runner-up of the

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, as Molde won the league while Tromsø finished second. On 14 January 2012, he signed a two-year contract with

, after leaving Molde on a free transfer, and on 14 April he scored his first goal for the club when Fredrikstad lost 2–1 against Rosenborg at home. He then retired. He became the assistant manager of

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in 2014.

International career

Holm played 38 times for different national youth teams, and 32 times for Norway U21. After a season with Vålerenga in 2004, Holm made his debut for

against

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in November 2004. His teammates at the club,

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and

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, were also a part of that national team squad. In total Holm has earned four caps with the Norwegian national team.

Career statistics

:Source:

Honours

Vålerenga *

, runner-up

Molde *

: 2011 Norwegian Premier League, Champion 2011, runner-up

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: runner-up

Tromsø *

: runner-up

References

External links

*
Player profile on official club website
*
National Caps
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