Fabian Holland (born 11 July 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for and captains 2. Bundesliga club

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

Career

Holland began his career in the youth teams of FSV Forst Borgsdorf, before joining Bundesliga club

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in 2003. Working his way up through the youth divisions, he made the jump to the reserves in 2008, and started regularly as of the 2009–10 season. In summer 2010, Holland was diagnosed with

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, and had to undergo a heart operation. He recovered quickly from the operation, and began playing again in October 2010. In February 2011, he trained with the Hertha's team for the first time. On 21 April 2012, Holland made his Bundesliga debut when he started against

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. Hertha were relegated that year, but Holland became more of a regular in the Hertha side during the

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season. Holland was loaned out to

for the 2014–15 season in the 2. Bundesliga where he became a regular and managed to get promoted to the

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. On 5 July 2015, Holland signed for Darmstadt 98 for two years. He got relegated in the

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season with Darmstadt. In the

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season Darmstadt secured promotion, Darmstadt got relegated again in the 2023-24 Bundesliga season.

Career statistics

*1.Includes German Cup. *2.Includes Relegation playoff.

References

External links

Profile at HerthaBSC.de

at

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* 1990 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players SV Darmstadt 98 players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub