Raymond Marienus de Waard (born 27 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He was a left winger well known for his pace. De Waard began his professional career with Excelsior Rotterdam where he played more than hundred games in three seasons before joining newly promoted Cambuur Leeuwarden in July 1999. Towards the end of the 1999-00 season,

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 2 ...

manager

Bryan Hamilton Bryan Hamilton (born 21 December 1946) is a Northern Irish former professional football player and manager. He gained 50 caps for Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1980, and later managed the national team for four years. He later became Techn ...

paid £225,000 for his services. De Waard was a disappointment for the Canaries, which was not helped by injuries and he was released by Hamilton's successor

Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City. He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts Count ...

in March 2001. He returned to his native

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to play for

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and hos ...

and

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 ...

. He then played at amateur clubs

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, a ...

(2002–2003) and

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External links

Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
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Sources

* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Excelsior Rotterdam players SC Cambuur players Norwich City F.C. players AZ Alkmaar players RBC Roosendaal players ASWH players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Eredivisie players English Football League players {{netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub