Iwan Benito Marvin Redan (born 21 August 1980), better known as Iwan Redan, is a Dutch

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 plays as a striker.

Club career

2000–2004: The beginnings

Born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, Redan started his career via amateur clubs Germinal and Neptunus in the

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

youth squads. He signed his first professional contract with

Vitesse Arnhem Vitesse may refer to: * Vitesse Models, a diecast model car company * Vitesse (band), Dutch rock band * Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, a car * Rover 216 Vitesse, a car * Rover 3500 Vitesse, a car * Rover 800 Vitesse, a car * Triumph Vit ...

instead but was hired on loan by

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 ...

, playing in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

where he made his professional debut in a match against

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was fou ...

on 5 March 2000 by replacing

Miodrag Božović Miodrag "Grof" Božović (, ; born 22 June 1968) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player. Playing career Club A tall central defender, Božović played alongside Yugoslav and Montenegrin legends Predrag Mijatović and Dejan Savi� ...

in the 62nd minute. Eventually he played nine matches and scores two goals before he moved to

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 merg ...

where he made his

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 ...

debut. He became a first team regular, and was called up into the Dutch under-21 team. However, a long-term injury forced him to miss the whole 2001/02 season and most of the 2002/03 season. After recovering he returned playing, but was no longer a first team regular at RKC and as a result he was sent on loan to

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie ...

. As

Yannis Anastasiou Giannis Anastasiou ( gr, Γιάννης Αναστασίου; born 5 March 1973) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League club Panetolikos. As a player, Anastasiou played as a strik ...

was leaving Roda JC at the end of the season the club wanted to sign Redan from RKC, but he was called back as the current RKC striker

Rick Hoogendorp Rick Hoogendorp (born 12 January 1975) is a former Dutch football striker. Career Hoogendorp was born in Blerick, Limburg. He played for MVV Maastricht (1995–1997), FC Dordrecht (1997–1999), RKC Waalwijk (1999–2006), VfL Wolfsburg (200 ...

was also expected to leave. Hoogendorp eventually stayed and Redan was not used in the first period of the 2004/05 season and then moved to

Willem II Willem II may refer to: People * William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands * William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands Other uses * Willem II (football club), a Du ...

where he signed a 3-year deal.

2004–2007: Willem II and rise to fame

At Willem II he became one of the team's key players and almost represented the team in all of their league games. However, in late December 2005 he and Dutch international player

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were relegated to Willem II's second team because their mental and physical performances were considered to be weak. As a result, Redan wanted to leave the club and went on trial to several clubs like

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and

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, but did never sign a contract and returned to Willem II. Since then he hardly played any matches until he became a regular again in the 2006/07 season and even became the team's captain. Willem II was however performing badly and was found in the lower rankings of the league all the time. During a

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. O ...

match against

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...

Redan headbutted teammate

Kristof Imschoot Kristof Imschoot (born 4 December 1980) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for RFC Wetteren. He has also played for Beveren, Lierse, Willem II, KV Mechelen and Dender. Life and career Imschoot was born in the city of Dendermonde ...

and the Willem II board decided Redan had to leave the club.Redan niet meer welkom bij Willem II
sportone.nl

2007–: downfall

Redan was not sold, but found himself on loan to

Cardiff City FC Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 a ...

. He failed to establish himself in the squad and at the end of the season he returned to

but was released by the club at the end of the year. He had a trial for

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris FC ( el, ΠΑΕ Άρης), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki FC, AFC or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Created in 1914 as ''Aris Thessaloniki Football Club'', the ...

but he did not persuade the head coach

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Statistics

References

External links

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Vi.nl profileRedan movie at Willem II website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Redan, Iwan 1980 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch men's footballers SBV Vitesse players RBC Roosendaal players RKC Waalwijk players Roda JC Kerkrade players Willem II (football club) players Cardiff City F.C. players Sparta Rotterdam players Almere City FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Wales Excelsior Rotterdam players Men's association football forwards