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Fullname: Jos Hooiveld
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Born: 22 April 1983
Birthplace: Zeijen, Netherlands
Signed: 11 Jan 2010 (signing £2m)
Position: Defender, Centre-half
Internationals: Netherlands
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A tall and powerful centre back who arrived from AIK Solna as a replacement for the maligned Gary Caldwell.

Before opting for Celtic Hooiveld sought the advice of Johan Mjallby, who made the same journey some 11 years previously. While it is to be hoped that the Dutchman will emulate the performances of defensive rock Mjallby, he has arrived at Celtic Park by a more circuitous route.

Mjallby joined after many years as captain of AIK (albeit punctuated by two serious injuries) and as an established international player with Sweden. In contrast Hooiveld had been at AIK for just one season after a spell in Finland.

He recieved an early-season runaround from Henrik Larsson in April 2009, as AIK crashed to a 3-0 home defeat to Helsingborgs. Henrik's young protégé Rasmus Jonsson grabbed a hat trick. But improvement followed and AIK eventually won the Allsvenskan conceding just 20 goals in 30 games.

A final day win over Teddy Bjarnason's IFK Gothenburg on 1 November 2009 sealed a League and Cup double, with Hooiveld voted Player of the Year.

His footballing odyssey began with youth teams Achilles 1894 and Emmen before he joined Heerenveen in 2001. Sporadic appearances followed his 2003 debut, but with centre back pairing Petter Hansson and Michel Breuer proving difficult to shift, the young Hooiveld was often shunted to left back.

At Heerenveen his path crossed with two precocious strikers named Georgios Samaras and Klaas Jan Huntelaar. One of whom became an international superstar playing for Real Madrid and AC Milan. I'll let you guess which.

He was loaned to second division FC Zwolle for half of 2004/05 and the entire 2005/06 campaign, reportedly failing a trial with Livingston in between.

Then he spent an unhappy first half of 2006/07 with Austrian second division minnows Kapfenberger SV. This preceded the move to Finland with Inter Turku where he began to blossom, winning the Player of the Year in each of his two seasons. After scooping a Veikkausliiga winners' medal in 2008 he moved on to AIK and further success.
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Playing Career

Season	Club	League Appearances	League Goals
2000/01	Emmen	0	0
2001/02	SC Heerenveen	0	0
2002/03	SC Heerenveen	1	0
2003/04	SC Heerenveen	12	0
2004/05	SC Heerenveen	0	0
	FC Zwolle (loan)	14	2
2005/06	FC Zwolle (loan)	31	1
2006/07	Kapfenberger SV	14	0
2007	Inter Turku	26	1
2008	Inter Turku	26	4
2009	AIK	28	0
2009/10	Celtic	?	?

Honours

Veikkausliiga - Defender of the Year: 2007, 2008 (Finland)
Allsvenskan - Player of the Year: 2009 (Sweden)

Honours with Celtic

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Celtic sign Dutch Defender Jos Hooiveld

Newsroom Staff

CELTIC Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Jos Hooiveld from AIK Stockholm on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

The 26-year-old Dutch defender has been with the Swedish side for the past year and helped them to win the league and cup.

Hooiveld began his career with Heerenveen, and after three years at the club, during which time he also had a loan spell at Dutch second division side FC Zwolle, he moved to Austrian side Kapfenberger SV.

After a season there, he joined Finnish club Inter Turku, where two impressive seasons earned him a move to AIK Stockholm.

Speaking to the official Celtic website, Jos Hooiveld said: “I’m delighted to sign for a club of Celtic's stature. Celtic has a magnificent history and is a club with great tradition and great supporters.

“Having visited the club and spoken to the manager, I feel this is the right place for me and I am very much looking forward to meeting up with my new team-mates and hopefully playing my part in bringing success to the club and our fans.”

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray said: “We are very pleased to welcome Jos to Celtic. He is a player who we believe can make an important contribution to the club and someone we look forward to working with.”