Rutger Worm (born 1 February 1986) is a Dutch former professional

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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

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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

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Melbourne Heart

On 25 February 2010, Worm signed a multi-year deal with

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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

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club Emmen. In July 2013, he signed with

Chiangrai United Chiangrai United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลเชียงราย ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional Football Club based in Chiangrai Province. The club plays in the Thai League 1. The club is also known ...

in Thailand until the end of that year. In April 2014, Worm started practising with

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar an ...

. On 3 July 2014, it was announced that he would play for the

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-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 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 ...

on 29 September. On 25 October 2014, he scored his first goal for Achilles, in the away match against

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eer ...

(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 football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

(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

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, which was eventually won 3–1. From the 2015–16 season, Worm played for amateur club

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. 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Worm, Rutger 1986 births Living people Footballers from Nijmegen Dutch footballers 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 footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate footballers in Thailand Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate soccer players in Australia Rutger Worm SBV Vitesse players Quick 1888 players