Aaron Amadi-Holloway

Aaron Joshua Amadi-Holloway (born 1 February 1993) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Brisbane Roar in the A-League. He can play as both a forward or a central defender.

Aaron Amadi-Holloway
Personal information
Full name Aaron Joshua Amadi-Holloway[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-01) 1 February 1993
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Brisbane Roar
Number 20
Youth career
2009–2011 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Bristol City 0 (0)
2011 → Bath City (loan) 5 (0)
2014 Newport County 4 (0)
2014–2016 Wycombe Wanderers 52 (6)
2016 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 10 (2)
2016–2017 Fleetwood Town 6 (0)
2017–2018 Oldham Athletic 51 (2)
2018–2019 Shrewsbury Town 30 (2)
2019– Brisbane Roar 18 (1)
National team
Wales U17 10 (0)
Wales U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2020

Career

Early career

Born in Cardiff, Holloway was a part of the Cardiff City youth system before joining Bristol City in 2011. On 24 November that year he was loaned to Conference Premier club Bath City until January, alongside Joe Bryan.[2] He made five appearances on loan at Bath but was released by Bristol City in January 2014 having not made a first team appearance for them.[3]

On 12 February 2014 Holloway joined Newport County[3] and made his Football League debut in the League Two 4–1 loss at Morecambe on 11 March 2014 as a 65th-minute substitute for Robbie Willmott.[4] He made three more substitute appearances and was released by Newport at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Wycombe Wanderers

Holloway signed for Wycombe Wanderers of League Two on 10 August 2014 on a deal until January 2015.[5] On 4 October, he scored his first career goal, an added-time header from Joe Jacobson's corner kick to secure a 1–1 home draw against Northampton Town.[6] The following 2 May, he scored again in a 3–2 win in the reverse fixture to qualify the Chairboys for the play-offs.[7]

A week later in the first leg of the semi-finals, Holloway scored in a 3–2 victory at Plymouth Argyle (5–3 aggregate).[8] In the final at Wembley Stadium against Southend United on 23 May, he scored a sudden-death penalty in the shootout after a 1–1 draw, but his team lost it 7–6.[9]

Holloway joined struggling League One side Oldham Athletic on an emergency loan until the end of the season on 12 February 2016.[10] He played ten games for them and scored twice in a 3–2 home loss to Greater Manchester neighbours Rochdale on 19 March,[11] as the Latics avoided relegation.

Later career

Holloway signed for Fleetwood Town of League One on a two-year contract in May 2016, for an undisclosed fee.[12] He made his debut in the season opener against Northampton on 6 August, replacing Ashley Hunter for the last 15 minutes of a 1–1 away draw. Four days later, he scored his first goal against Leeds United in an EFL Cup first round game four days later, opening a 2–2 draw at Highbury Stadium which Leeds won on penalties.[13]

On 20 January 2017 Holloway returned to Oldham Athletic on a permanent deal.[14] He scored four times in 42 games in 2017–18 as they were relegated to League Two,[15] including a last-minute winner as a late substitute in a 2–1 victory against rivals Bury at Boundary Park on 24 October.[16]

On 13 July 2018 Holloway joined League One side Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee.[15] He played 38 total games and scored three times.[17]

On 25 June 2019, Holloway moved outside of British football for the first time when he signed for A-League side Brisbane Roar, becoming the third signing the club announced under Robbie Fowler.[17]

International

Holloway attained 10 caps for Wales at under-17 level and represented Wales at under-19 level.

Career statistics
As of match played 4 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Bath City (loan) 2011–12[18] Conference Premier 50——1[lower-alpha 1]060
Newport County 2013–14[19] League Two 40———40
Wycombe Wanderers 2014–15[20] League Two 29310104[lower-alpha 2]1354
2015–16[21] 23341101[lower-alpha 3]0294
Wycombe 526512051648
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2015–16[21] League One 102———102
Fleetwood Town 2016–17[22] League One 6021111[lower-alpha 4]0102
Oldham Athletic 2016–17[22] League One 150———150
2017–18[23] 36211104[lower-alpha 4]1424
Oldham 512111041584
Shrewsbury Town 2018–19[24] League One 30271001[lower-alpha 4]0383
Brisbane Roar 2019-20 A-League 1 0 - 1 0
Career Total 158 121444112218819
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. One appearance in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs
  3. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  4. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. "Bristol City's Joe Bryan & Aaron-Amadi Holloway join Bath City". BBC Sport. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. "Newport County confirm Aaron Holloway signing". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. Holloway football league debut
  5. "Wycombe sign defender Mawson and forward Amadi-Holloway". BBC Sport. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. "Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "Northampton Town 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. "Plymouth Argyle 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. Shepka, Phil (23 May 2015). "Southend United 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  10. "Aaron Amadi-Holloway: Oldham Athletic sign Wycombe striker". BBC Sport. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  11. "Oldham Athletic 2–3 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  12. "Fleetwood Town sign Aaron Holloway, Chris Neal & Alex Cairns". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  13. "Fleetwood 2-2 Leeds". BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  14. "Oldham: Anthony Gerrard, Amadi-Holloway and Michael Ngoo join League One side". BBC Sport. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. "Aaron Amadi-Holloway: Shrewsbury sign striker from Oldham". BBC Sport. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  16. "MATCH REPORT: Latics 2 Bury 1". The Bolton News. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  17. Greco, John (25 June 2019). "Signing news: Fowler adds Welsh whiz to his Roar squad". A-League. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  18. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  23. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  24. "Games played by Aaron Amadi-Holloway in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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