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Rob Holding
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Rob Holding is an English association football player born Robert Samuel Holding on September 20, 1995, in Stalybridge. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English. Playing as a centre-back, he wears the number 16 shirt. His career has included membership with Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bury F.C., Arsenal F.C., and the England national under-21 association football team. He has also played for the Colorado Rapids.
Holding has competed in the English Football League, the Premier League, and Major League Soccer. He represents England in international competition. His professional work period began in 2015.
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Key facts
- 2015
- → Bury (loan)
- 2025
- → Sheffield United (loan)
- Full name
- Robert Samuel Holding
- Date of birth
- ( 1995-09-20 ) 20 September 1995 (age 30)
- Place of birth
- Stalybridge , England
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Colorado Rapids
- 2003 2014
- Bolton Wanderers
- Years
- Team
- 2014 2016
- Bolton Wanderers
- 2016 2023
- Arsenal
- 2023 2025
- Crystal Palace
- 2016 2017
- England U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Colorado Rapids
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stalybridge
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Crystal Palace F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Rob Holding NYCFC v Colorado Mar 14 2026-30 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 189
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1995-09-20
- sport number
- 16
- name in native language
- Rob Holding
- birth name
- Robert Samuel Holding
- Commons category
- Rob Holding
- start of work period
- 2015-00-00
- social media followers
- 351786
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Samuel Holding (born 20 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids.
Holding progressed through the Bolton Wanderers youth system, making his senior debut in April 2015 while on loan at Bury. After one season in the Bolton first team, he signed for Premier League club Arsenal in July 2016. He has won the FA Cup twice and the FA Community Shield three times with the club. At Arsenal, he earned a reputation as a dogged defender, with good tackling and aerial ability. Holding has also represented England at under-21 level and was part of the team that won the Toulon Tournament in 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rob Holding” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.