[3] At the age of six, his father introduced him to FC Abcoude, where he played in their youth teams until he turned twelve.

Working with Martin Jol, Željko Petrović (who still was a player at RKC in those days) and Erwin Koeman he learned a lot about professional football and he developed quickly.

[5] During his second season at the club he became one of RKC's key players and teams like VfL Wolfsburg, Tottenham Hotspur, Galatasaray,[6] Hamburger SV,[7] Rangers,[8] AZ and Feyenoord showed interest in signing him.

At Feyenoord's presentation day on 27 July 2004, Greene flew into De Kuip by helicopter, along with other newly signed players Maikel Aerts, Timothy Derijck, Gianni Zuiverloon, Tim Vincken and Ali Boussaboun.

[5] At Feyenoord, Greene impressed right from the start and gained his first team spot right away playing in the center of Rotterdam defence.

Late December 2005, Feyenoord signed fellow central defender Ron Vlaar from AZ, and questions arose about who was going to play where.

[15] On 4 November 2009, Greene joined Vitesse on a free transfer, agreeing a one-year deal with the Dutch Eredivisie club.

Greene quickly became a first team regular playing as a defensive midfielder alongside Vladimir Gadzhev.

This goal gave Levski a 3–2 home win in their first Europa League Group stage match.

On 4 August 2011, he was sent off in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League match against Slovak side Spartak Trnava.