Rutger Worm (born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch former professional
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 lea ...
who played as a
winger.
Playing career
NEC
Worm started his career in the youth program, Quick 1888, in Nijmegen. He subsequently moved to the
Vitesse Arnhem
SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...
youth squad in Arnhem for two years before ending up at the NEC football academy in 2000. He was often used as a substitute during his career at NEC where he also appeared in several European Cup matches under coach
Mario Been
Marinus Antonius Been (born 11 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
As a footballer, Been played for Feyenoord, Pisa, Roda JC, Heerenveen, Tirol Innsbruck and Excelsior. He played in an attacking midf ...
.
Melbourne Heart
On 25 February 2010, Worm signed a multi-year deal with
Melbourne Heart becoming their first ever international signing. He scored two goals for Heart in their first season, including the first ever scored by a Heart player, as the club's first official goal was an own goal by
Ben Kantarovski. On 6 April 2012, it was announced that he would be leaving the club.
Later career
In the 2012–13 season, Worm played for Dutch
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
club
Emmen. In July 2013, he signed with
Chiangrai United in Thailand until the end of that year.
In April 2014, Worm started practising with
Achilles '29. On 3 July 2014, it was announced that he would play for the
Groesbeek-based club in the 2014–15 season. Due to an injury, he missed the first two games of the season and was injured again two weeks later. Worm suffered another injury against
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...
on 29 September. On 25 October 2014, he scored his first goal for Achilles, in the away match against
MVV (3–2). On 27 February 2015, he scored the 1–0 against
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...
(1–1) with a header, who as a result missed out on the period title. Three weeks later he scored the equaliser with a volley (1–1) in the match against
Almere City, which was eventually won 3–1. From the 2015–16 season, Worm played for amateur club
DFS. In 2018, he moved to
RKHVV where he announced his retirement in mid-2019.
Coaching career
In the 2019–20 season, Worm was assistant to head coach
Arno Arts at DFS.
In June 2020, he was appointed assistant at
DOVO to head coach
Scott Calderwood.
References
External links
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Melbourne Heart profile
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1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Nijmegen
Dutch men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
NEC Nijmegen players
Melbourne City FC players
FC Emmen players
Achilles '29 players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
A-League Men players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Rutger Worm
SBV Vitesse players
Quick 1888 players