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Personal information
Full name: Robert Samuel Holding
Date of birth: 20 September 1995 (1995-09-20) (age 29)
Place of birth:    Tameside, Flag of England England
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of England Crystal Palace
Number: TBA
Youth clubs
2004–2013 Flag of England Bolton Wanderers
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2013–2016
2015
2016–2023
2023–
Flag of England Bolton Wanderers
Flag of EnglandBury (loan)
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of England Crystal Palace
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National team
2016–2017 Flag of England England U21 0000(0)

Robert Samuel Holding (born 20 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.

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. Holding has represented England at under-21 level and was part of the team that won the Toulon Tournament in 2016.

Club career[]

Bolton Wanderers[]

Holding began his career with Bolton Wanderers at the age of seven, progressing through the youth ranks at the club and joined League Two Bury on loan in March 2015. He made his professional debut on 3 April 2015 in a 2–0 win against Cambridge United, and made his Bolton debut on 11 August 2015 in a 1–0 League Cup defeat to Burton Albion. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 January 2016 in a home game against Milton Keynes Dons. Holding was voted as Bolton Wanderers' Player of the Season for the 2015–16 campaign, as the Trotters finished bottom of the league and returned to the third tier of English football, for the first time in 13 years.

Arsenal[]

On 22 July 2016 Holding joined Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. Following injuries to centre-backs Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista, he was called upon to make his Arsenal debut in the 2016-17 season opener against Liverpool, which Arsenal lost 3–4.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 27 August 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bury (loan) 2014–15 League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bolton 2015–16 Championship 26 1 3 0 1 0 30 1
Arsenal 2016–17 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 30 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 34 1

Honours[]

Club[]

Arsenal

International[]

England U21

  • Toulon Tournament: 2016

External links[]

Crystal Palace FC
Crystal Palace F.C. squad - 2024–25

Henderson · Ward · Mitchell · Holding · Lacroix · Guéhi · Sarr · Lerma · 10 Eze · 11 França · 12 Muñoz · 14 Mateta · 15 Schlupp · 16 Chalobah · 17 Clyne · 18 Kamada · 19 Hughes · 20 Wharton · 22 Édouard · 26 Richards · 28 Doucouré · 29 Ahamada · 31 Matthews · 34 Riad ·

Manager:  Flag of Austria Oliver Glasner
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