Daniel Timothy Hollands (born 6 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for Gosport Borough.
[2] Born in Ashford, England, Hollands played for Hampton & Richmond at a young age before being offered a trial at Chelsea, where it was successful and subsequently signed for them.
[3] There, as a trainee, Hollands began his professional football career and signed a three–year scholarships with the club in July 2002.
[12] After suffering from a groin injury,[13] he scored his first Bournemouth goal of the season on 3 November 2006, in a 4–2 win over Swansea City.
[22][23] After an eventual recovery from the injury and served two match suspension,[24] he returned to the first team and then scored again on 26 January 2008, in a 3–1 win over Port Vale.
[26] Despite being sidelined twice, due to "dead leg" injury[27] and suspension,[28] he scored again on 15 March 2008, in a 2–0 win over Yeovil Town.
[35] In the end, Hollands agreed to stay at the club this season, eventually signing a new contract, keeping him until 2010.
[51] It wasn't until on 5 September 2009 when he returned to the first team, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–1 win over Torquay United.
[60] Despite being sidelined once again,[61] Having helped the club's promotion to the League One for next season, Hollands went on to make forty–two appearances and scoring seven times in all competitions.
[76][77] Hollands chose not to renew his contract upon its expiry at the end of the 2010–11 season and subsequently signed for Charlton Athletic on 24 May 2011.
[91] Hollands did so again when he set up a goal for Johnnie Jackson to score an equaliser, in a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers on 29 September 2012.
[93] After his loan spell at Swindon Town came to an end, Hollands continued to recover from stress fracture to his metatarsal in his left foot.
[104] It came after when Manager Paulo Di Canio offered to pay £30,000 of his own money to keep Hollands, along with John Bostock and Chris Martin, whilst Swindon under a transfer embargo and in financial difficulty.
[105] However, during a 2–0 win over Shrewsbury Town on 19 January 2013, Hollands suffered a stress fracture to his metatarsal in his left foot and was substituted as a result.
[108] Two days later, on 31 August 2013, he made his Gillingham debut, where he came on as a second-half substitute and played 38 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Bristol City.
[110] From that moment on, Hollands quickly became a first team regular at Gillingham in the midfield position for the club and since his debut, he started every match until he suffered an injury during a 2–2 draw against Peterborough United on 14 December 2013, resulting him being substituted.
[113] Hollands made his Portsmouth debut two days later on 29 March 2014, where he started the whole game, in a 2–1 win over Newport County.
[121] But following Ben Chorley's injury, he captained the side for the first time on 16 September 2014, in a 3–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge.
[130] After being sidelined for six weeks,[131] he returned to the first team on 27 February 2016, in a 2–1 win over Cambridge United and was named Man of the Match.
[132] On 26 April 2016, Hollands provided an assist for Michael Smith to score the only goal in the game, with a win against AFC Wimbledon.
[138] Though it looked like Hollands' future at Portsmouth was secured, it was reported on 18 August 2016 that he might leave the club after failing to agree new terms.
[139][140] On 19 August 2016, Hollands joined Crewe Alexandra on a five-month contract to January 2017,[141] later extended to the end of the season.
[142] Hollands made his Crewe Alexandra the next day, where he came on as a second-half substitute, in a 1–1 draw against Newport County.
[144] On 18 February 2017, playing against Wycombe Wanderers at Gresty Road, Hollands suffered a hamstring injury that ruled him out of the rest of the season.
[150] Growing up in Ashford, Middlesex, Hollands attended Felpham Community College until he left at 16, doing well at school.