Nick van der Velden Player Profile
Player Details
- Born: December 16th, 1981 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Height: 6' 2
- Position: Midfielder / Winger
- Signed: July 19th, 2016
- First Manager: Ray McKinnon
- Career Totals: 31 appearances, 3 goals
- Also Played For: AZ Alkmaar, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen, NEC, RKC Waalwijk, Willem II
Playing History
| Season | Division |  |
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G2G |  |
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Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
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| 2016-17 | Championship | 20 (11) | 3 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 54.8% | 19.4% | 25.8% |
| Totals: | 20 (11) | 3 |
| Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals |
| GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in |
| Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals |
| Recent First Team Starts |
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| Mar 25th, 2017 | 25/03/17 | Challenge Cup | Final | vs. St Mirren (N) | 2 - 1 |
| Feb 25th, 2017 | 25/02/17 | League | Championship | vs. Morton (H) | 1 - 1 |
| Jan 6th, 2017 | 06/01/17 | League | Championship | vs. Hibernian (A) | 0 - 3 |
| Dec 31st, 2016 | 31/12/16 | League | Championship | vs. Dumbarton (A) | 0 - 1 |
| Dec 2nd, 2016 | 02/12/16 | League | Championship | vs. Hibernian (H) | 1 - 0 |
| Recent First Team Goals |
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| Sep 20th, 2016 | 20/09/16 | League Cup | Quarter Final | vs. Morton (A) | 1 - 2 |
| Sep 3rd, 2016 | 03/09/16 | Challenge Cup | 3rd Round | vs. Peterhead (H) | 3 - 2 |
| Aug 6th, 2016 | 06/08/16 | League | Championship | vs. QOS (H) | 1 - 1 |
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Biography
Born in Amsterdam, Nick van der Velden was a product of the Ajax youth system and played for their U19 squad before moving to amateur Amsterdam side DWS. A late starter, his first professional deal was with Eredivise side RKC Waalwijk in 2003 where he made his senior debut at age 22. After three seasons with RKC, he moved to Eerste Divisive side Dordrecht where he established himself as a winger and a goalscorer. His form earned him a move back to Holland's top tier in 2008 when he signed for AZ Alkmaar on a three year deal. At AZ, he was part of a Eredivisie Championship and Super Cup winning squad. At the end of his AZ deal he moved to NEC for two seasons, before spending the same amount of time at Groningen, playing regularly for both sides.
His final term in the Eredivisie was with Willem II where he spent a year before becoming a free agent at the end of the 2015-16. In July 2016, Nick turned down a move to Premiership side Kilmarnock to join United on a one year deal.
Squad Numbers
23
Season:
2016-17
Timeline
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Date of Birth
Nick was born on this date in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Signed For Dundee United
Born in Amsterdam, Nick van der Velden was a product of the Ajax youth system and played for their U19 squad before moving to amateur Amsterdam side DWS. A late starter, his first professional deal was with Eredivise side RKC Waalwijk in 2003 where he made his senior debut at age 22. After three seasons with RKC, he moved to Eerste Divisive side Dordrecht where he established himself as a winger and a goalscorer. His form earned him a move back to Holland's top tier in 2008 when he signed for AZ Alkmaar on a three year deal. At AZ, he was part of a Eredivisie Championship and Super Cup winning squad. At the end of his AZ deal he moved to NEC for two seasons, before spending the same amount of time at Groningen, playing regularly for both sides.
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Debut - Dundee United 6 - 1 Cowdenbeath
Dundee United faced League Two side, Cowdenbeath in the second of their Betfred Cup Group C matches and the first competitive home game of the new season. Manager Ray McKinnon made four changes to the starting line-up that drew 1-1 with Arbroath the previous Friday.
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First Goal - Dundee United 1 - 1 QOS
Dundee United started their Championship campaign with a frustrating draw against an enterprising Queen of the South. The home side made one change from the victory over Dunfermline, with Sean Dillon and Cammy Smith replacing the injured Lewis Toshney and the suspended Scott Fraser. Before kick-off, there was a ceremony inside the Eddie Thompson Stand to mark the opening of the Derek Robertson Concourse, named after the late director.
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Last Goal - Morton 2 - 1 Dundee United
United travelled to Cappielow to face Greenock Morton for the first time in over 20 years for their 15th consecutive domestic cup Quarter-Final. Following on from a disappointing 3-1 defeat away to Falkirk in the Scottish Championship at the weekend, Ray McKinnon made five changes to his starting line-up from the team which had faced the Bairns, although most were enforced through injuries. Willo Flood, Tony Andreu and Charlie Telfer had all picked up knocks on Saturday and dropped out of the squad altogether with Simon Murray and Jamie Robson dropping to the bench. Returning from suspension, Paul Dixon was thrown straight back in at left-back with Stewart Murdoch also reclaiming his spot in central midfield after a short injury lay-off. Also coming back into the starting eleven were Blair Spittal, Scott Fraser and Cammy Smith. There were a couple of familiar faces in the Morton line-up in the shape of Kudus Oyenuga and Gavin Gunning with the latter being singled out for abuse from the travelling United support following his bizarre antics during a match against Inverness CT at Tannadice towards the end of the previous season which had seen the centre-half suspended by the club.
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Last Appearance - Dundee United 1 - 0 Dunfermline
Following on from Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Falkirk, Ray McKinnon selected the same starting eleven for United’s rearranged fixture at home to Dunfermline. The only change was on the bench with Ali Coote replacing Alex Nicholls who dropped out of the squad completely. There was one familiar face in the visitors team with Callum Morris lining up for the Pars.
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