Iwan Redan

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Iwan Benito Marvin Redan (born 21 August 1980 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch football (soccer) striker currently playing for the Football League Championship team Cardiff City FC on loan from Eredivisie team Willem II. ^[1] He plays as a striker.

Redan started his career via amateur clubs Germinal and Neptunus in the Sparta Rotterdam youth squads. He signed his first professional contract with Vitesse instead but was hired on loan by RBC Roosendaal, playing in the Eerste Divisie where he made his professional debut in a match against Excelsior Rotterdam on 5 March 2000 by replacing Miodrag Bozovic in the 62nd minute.^[2] Eventually he played nine matches and scores two goals before he moved to RKC Waalwijk where he made his Eredivisie debut. He became a first team regular, and was called up into the Dutch under-21 team, however a longterm injury forced him to miss out the whole 2001/02 season and most of the 2002/03 season.

After recovering he returned to the pitches, but was no longer a first team regular at RKC and as a result he was sent on loan to Roda JC.^[3] As Yannis Anastasiou was leaving Roda JC at the end of the season the club wanted to sign Redan from RKC, but he was called back as the current RKC striker Rick Hoogendorp was also expected to leave.Redan terug naar RKC, sportone.nl</ref> Hoogendorp eventually stayed and Redan was not used in the first period of the 2004/05 season and then moved to Willem II where he signed a 3-year deal.^[4]

At Willem II he became one of the teams key players and almost represented the team in all of their league games. However in late December 2005 he and Dutch international player Kevin Bobson were relegated to Willem II's second team because their mental and physical performances were considered to be weak.^[5] As a result Redan wanted to leave the club and went on trial to several clubs like Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town and CD Numancia, but did never sign a contract and returned to Willem II.^[6] Since then he hardly played any matches until he became a regular again in the 2006/07 season and even became the team's captain. Willem II was however performing badly and was found in the lower rankings of the league all the time. During a KNVB Cup match against De Graafschap Redan headbutted team mate Kristof Imschoot and the Willem II board decided Redan had to leave the club.^[7] Redan was not sold, but found himself a new club in Cardiff City FC where he currently plays on loan.

[edit] Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
1999/00	Vitesse	Eredivisie	0	0
1999/00	RBC Roosendaal	Eerste Divisie	9	2
2000/01	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	24	5
2001/02	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	0	0
2002/03	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	5	0
2003/04	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	18	8
2003/04	Roda JC	Eredivisie	11	5
2004/05	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	0	0
2004/05	Willem II Tilburg	Eredivisie	26	6
2005/06	Willem II Tilburg	Eredivisie	11	8
2006/07	Willem II Tilburg	Eredivisie	16	2
2006/07	Cardiff City FC	Championship	0	0
Total			120	36

[edit] References

^ Cardiff go Dutch with Redan, football.co.uk
^ Iwan Redan, ronaldzwiers
^ http://www.sportone.nl/Voetbal/Nieuws/16571/Iwan-Redan-op-huurbasis-naar-Roda-JC.html Iwan Redan op huurbasis naar Roda JC], sportone.nl
^ Redan tekent driejarig contract bij Willem II, sportone.nl
^ Redan en Bobson verwijderd uit Willem II selectie, sportone.nl
^ Kort nieuws Basto, Redan, Mitea, Scholes, sportone.nl
^ Redan niet meer welkom bij Willem II, sportone.nl

[edit] External links

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