Rob Holding
{{short description|English footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rob Holding
| image = 1 rob holding 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Holding playing for Arsenal in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|20|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/218188/rob-holding |title=Rob Holding: Overview |publisher=ESPN |access-date=30 August 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603153549/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/218188/rob-holding |url-status=live }}
| birth_place = Stalybridge, England
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/11575/Rob-Holding/overview |title=Rob Holding: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801234706/https://www.premierleague.com/players/11575/Rob-Holding/overview |url-status=live }}
| position = Centre-back{{Hugman|26949|access-date=14 June 2018}}
| currentclub = Crystal Palace
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2003–2014
| youthclubs1 = Bolton Wanderers
| years1 = 2014–2016
| clubs1 = Bolton Wanderers
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = → Bury (loan)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2023
| clubs3 = Arsenal
| caps3 = 98
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2023–
| clubs4 = Crystal Palace
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2025
| clubs5 = → Sheffield United (loan)
| caps5 = 11
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam1 = England U21
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 8 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Robert Samuel Holding (born 20 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Holding progressed through the Bolton Wanderers youth system, making his senior debut in April 2015 while on loan at Bury. After one season in the Bolton first team, he signed for Premier League club Arsenal in July 2016. He has won the FA Cup twice and the FA Community Shield three times with the club. At Arsenal, he earned a reputation as a dogged defender, with good tackling and aerial ability. Holding has also represented England at under-21 level and was part of the team that won the Toulon Tournament in 2016.
Early life
Holding was born and raised in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsene-wenger-let-arsenal-up-11967367 |title=Arsene Wenger to 'let Arsenal up-and-coming star leave – but only if he gets £15m fee for defender' |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614181617/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsene-wenger-let-arsenal-up-11967367 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP2PCpYqyXw |title=Is Rob Holding an Arsenal fan now?
Club career
=Bolton Wanderers=
Holding played for Stalybridge Celtic Juniors{{cite web |url=http://celticjuniors.leaguerepublic.com/newsArticle/former_celtic_junior_signs_new_contract_at_arsenal.html |title=Former Celtic Junior signs new contract at Arsenal |first=Liam |last=Whitehead |publisher=Stalybridge Celtic Juniors F.C. |via=LeagueRepublic |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614151004/http://celticjuniors.leaguerepublic.com/newsArticle/former_celtic_junior_signs_new_contract_at_arsenal.html |url-status=dead }} before joining the Bolton Wanderers youth system at the age of seven.{{cite news |url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/football/15906580.Wanderers_could_get_cash_bonus_if_Burnley_sign_Rob_Holding/ |title=Bolton set for windfall if Burnley sign Rob Holding from Arsenal |first=Marc |last=Iles |newspaper=The Bolton News |date=30 January 2018 |access-date=22 June 2018 |archive-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622130855/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/football/15906580.Wanderers_could_get_cash_bonus_if_Burnley_sign_Rob_Holding/ |url-status=live }} He joined League Two club Bury on loan on 26 March 2015 for rest of the 2014–15 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32076275 |title=Rob Holding: Bury sign Bolton defender on loan |website=BBC Sport |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614152642/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32076275 |url-status=live }} Holding made his only Bury appearance on 3 April 2015 as a 79th-minute substitute in a 2–0 away win against Cambridge United. On his return to Bolton, he signed his professional contract with the club.{{cite web |url=https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2015/may/four-youngsters-sign-professional-deals/ |title=Four youngsters sign professional deals |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C. |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614153103/https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2015/may/four-youngsters-sign-professional-deals/ |url-status=live }}
Holding made his Bolton debut on 11 August 2015 as a starter in a 1–0 home defeat to Burton Albion in the League Cup. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 January 2016 in the seventh minute of a 3–1 home win against Milton Keynes Dons.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35330683 |title=Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons |website=BBC Sport |date=23 January 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614154240/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35330683 |url-status=live }} Holding was voted as Bolton Wanderers' Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2016/april/rob-holding-wins-player-of-the-year-for-201516/ |title=Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16 |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C. |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=5 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180929/https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2016/april/rob-holding-wins-player-of-the-year-for-201516/ |url-status=live }} He made 30 appearances, scoring one goal, as the team finished bottom of the Championship and were relegated to League One.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=1438 |title=Championship: 2015/16: Latest table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=21 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921171836/http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=1438 |url-status=live }}
=Arsenal=
Holding signed for Premier League club Arsenal on 22 July 2016 for a fee of around £2 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36833562 |title=Arsenal: Defender Rob Holding signs from Bolton for £2m |website=BBC Sport |date=22 July 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614162249/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36833562 |url-status=live }} Following injuries to centre backs Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista, he was called upon to make his Arsenal debut in the 2016–17 Premier League season opener on 14 August 2016 against Liverpool, which Arsenal lost 4–3 at home.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37001073 |title=Arsenal 3–4 Liverpool |first=Saj |last=Chowdhury |website=BBC Sport |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614162650/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37001073 |url-status=live }} After his performance in the game against Leicester City, former Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, once famously said in the post match press conference, "Unfortunately no one speaks about the performance of Rob Holding. You should be happy, he is English and 20 years old. I am sorry he didn't cost £55 million, so he can't be good."{{Cite web|date=2016-08-20|title=Wenger: 'Sorry Holding didn't cost £55m'|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/2934237/arsene-wenger-hails-rob-holding-and-says-i-am-sorry-he-didnt-cost-55-million|access-date=2021-01-29|website=ESPN.com|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203052855/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/2934237/arsene-wenger-hails-rob-holding-and-says-i-am-sorry-he-didnt-cost-55-million|url-status=live}} In the final two months of the season, Holding became a regular member of Arsenal's starting line-up, with the team winning all six of the matches he played in the Premier League. He played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's 2–1 victory over Chelsea on 27 May in the 2017 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/may/27/arsenal-v-chelsea-2017-fa-cup-final-live |title=Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea: 2017 FA Cup final – as it happened |first=Scott |last=Murray |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614163938/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/may/27/arsenal-v-chelsea-2017-fa-cup-final-live |url-status=live }}
Holding played in the 2017 FA Community Shield against Chelsea on 6 August, which Arsenal won 4–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/06/arsenal-chelsea-community-shield-match-report |title=Olivier Giroud seals Community Shield win for Arsenal as Chelsea pay penalty |first=Sachin |last=Nakrani |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 August 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614170657/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/06/arsenal-chelsea-community-shield-match-report |url-status=live }} He scored his first Arsenal goal on 28 September 2017 with a close-range shot in their 4–2 away win over BATE Borisov in the UEFA Europa League.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41417665 |title=BATE Borisov 2–4 Arsenal |first=Emlyn |last=Begley |website=BBC Sport |date=28 September 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171438/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41417665 |url-status=live }} He signed a new long-term contract with the club on 1 May 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43959771 |title=Arsenal: Rob Holding signs new long-term contract at Premier League club |website=BBC Sport |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171720/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43959771 |url-status=live }}
On 5 December 2018, Holding suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a 2–2 draw against Manchester United. He would undergo surgery and was expected to be out for about six to nine months.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46484368|title=Arsenal's Rob Holding ruled out for up to nine months with knee injury|website=BBC Sport|date=7 December 2018|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208220535/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46484368|url-status=live}}
Holding made his return to first team action on 24 September 2019 in Arsenal's 5–0 EFL Cup home victory against Nottingham Forest. He marked his return from injury with his first goal at Emirates Stadium, scoring Arsenal's third from a Reiss Nelson corner-kick.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49723455|title=Arsenal 5–0 Nottingham Forest: Unai Emery praises Gabriel Martinelli after League Cup brace|date=24 September 2019|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924221223/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49723455|url-status=live}} On 1 August 2020, Holding was selected to start in the FA Cup final against Chelsea, and went on to win his second winners' medal as Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup.
On 28 August 2020, Holding was in the starting 11 in the 2020 FA Community Shield, which Arsenal clinched a 5–4 victory over Liverpool in the penalty shootout after the match was 1–1 after 90 minutes.{{Cite web|title=Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (5-4 on pens): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang secures Community Shield shootout win|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12059158/arsenal-1-1-liverpool-5-4-on-pens-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-secures-community-shield-shootout-win|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Sky Sports|language=en|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208134837/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12059158/arsenal-1-1-liverpool-5-4-on-pens-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-secures-community-shield-shootout-win|url-status=live}} On 12 January 2021, Holding committed his future to Arsenal by signing a new three-and-a-half-year deal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/rob-holding-signs-new-long-term-contract |title=Rob Holding signs new long-term contract |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112185418/https://www.arsenal.com/news/rob-holding-signs-new-long-term-contract |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12184828/rob-holding-signs-new-arsenal-deal-to-stay-at-club-until-2024 |title=Rob Holding signs new Arsenal deal to stay at club until 2024 |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123160137/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12184828/rob-holding-signs-new-arsenal-deal-to-stay-at-club-until-2024 |url-status=live }} He earned his 100th appearance for the Arsenal in the 3–1 victory over Southampton two weeks later.{{Cite web|title='It's a proud moment... here's to another 100!'|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/its-proud-moment-heres-another-100|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.arsenal.com|language=en|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127043805/https://www.arsenal.com/news/its-proud-moment-heres-another-100|url-status=live}}
On 1 May 2022, Holding scored his first Premier League goal on his 81st appearance in the competition, netting Arsenal's first goal via a Bukayo Saka corner-kick in an eventual 2–1 away victory against West Ham United at the London Stadium.{{Cite news|title=Premier League: Arsenal back in top four after win over West Ham|work=BBC Sport |date=30 April 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/60810029|access-date=2022-05-01|language=en|archive-date=2 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502071944/https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/60810029|url-status=live}} Eleven days later, he received his first career red card, picking up a second yellow away against rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the 33rd minute of the North London derby after two bookable offences both on Son Heung-min, with Arsenal going on to lose 3–0.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-12 |title=Kane double sinks Arsenal in crucial North London derby win for Spurs |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-13/harry-kane-guides-tottenham-crucial-north-london-derby-win/101062996 |access-date=2022-05-12 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512234305/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-13/harry-kane-guides-tottenham-crucial-north-london-derby-win/101062996 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Spurs boost top-four hopes with win over Arsenal |url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/2615593 |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512234309/https://www.premierleague.com/news/2615593 |url-status=live }}
On 26 April 2023, Holding scored his second Premier League goal in a 4–1 away loss against Manchester City.{{cite web|title=Manchester City 4–1 Arsenal: Kevin de Bruyne scores two and makes one in dominant display|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65319949|website=BBC Sport|date=26 April 2023|access-date=2 September 2023}}
=Crystal Palace=
On 1 September 2023, Premier League club Crystal Palace signed Holding for a reported £4 million on a three-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66691963|title=Rob Holding: Arsenal defender makes £4m move to Crystal Palace|website=BBC Sport|date=1 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/crystal-palace-sign-defender-rob-holding/|title=Crystal Palace sign defender Rob Holding|website=Crystal Palace F.C.|date=1 September 2023}} He made his debut on 26 September, away to Manchester United in the EFL Cup, playing the whole match and receiving a yellow card in a 3–0 defeat.{{cite news|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/first-team/elc/2023-24/manchester-united-vs-crystal-palace-2023-09-26/2407904/|title=Man Utd 3 Palace 0|website=Crystal Palace F.C.|date=26 September 2023|access-date=1 October 2023}}
In October 2024, manager Oliver Glasner stated that Holding had been frozen out of the squad and was training individually following a disagreement between the pair. Holding subsequently deleted all references to Crystal Palace from his Instagram page and unfollowed the club on the platform, and went on to only make sporadic appearances for the under-21 side.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c23kenjrpe4o|title=Why has Palace defender Holding been frozen out?|date=8 October 2024|author=Alex Howell|website=BBC Sport}}
==Loan to Sheffield United==
On 3 February 2025, Holding was signed by EFL Championship club Sheffield United on a loan until the end of the season. He departed having featured once for Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup in one and a half years, and having made zero appearances in the Premier League.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cz6peyy27jdo|title=Blades sign Holding, Nwachukwu and Caceres|date=3 February 2025|website=BBC Sport}}
International career
Holding was called up to the England under-21 squad for the Toulon Tournament May 2016 as a replacement for Everton defender Brendan Galloway.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/may/15/rob-holding-replaces-brendan-galloway-150516 |title=Rob Holding called into Under-21s squad for Toulon trip |publisher=The Football Association |date=15 May 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721232952/http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/may/15/rob-holding-replaces-brendan-galloway-150516 |url-status=live }} He made his debut for Gareth Southgate's team when starting against Guinea on 23 May.{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg4.html |title=England's matches: The under 21's: 2010–20 |website=England Football Online |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014224645/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg4.html |url-status=live }} England won the tournament with Holding making two appearances, and was an unused substitute in the final on 29 May as England beat France 2–1.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/may/29/france-toulon-final-report-280516 |title=England under-21s lift Toulon title after win over France |first=Nicholas |last=Veevers |publisher=The Football Association |date=29 May 2016 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114033711/http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/may/29/france-toulon-final-report-280516 |url-status=live }} He was selected for England's squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40158863 |title=European Under-21 Championship: Ruben Loftus-Cheek out of England squad |website=BBC Sport |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605233507/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40158863 |url-status=live }} but did not make an appearance with England eliminated in the semi-finals. Holding made five appearances for the under-21s from 2016 to 2017.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 8 May 2025}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|Bolton Wanderers
|2014–15{{soccerbase season|81893|2014|access-date=14 June 2018}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16{{soccerbase season|81893|2015|access-date=14 June 2018}}
|Championship |26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 30 | 1 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!26||1||3||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||30||1 | ||||||||||||
| Bury (loan)
|1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan=8|Arsenal
|2016–17{{soccerbase season|81893|2016|access-date=14 June 2018}} |9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan=2|— | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|81893|2017|access-date=14 June 2018}}
|Premier League |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | 1{{efn|name=FACS|Appearance in FA Community Shield}} | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|81893|2018|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|Premier League |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan=2|— | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|81893|2019|access-date=9 August 2020}}
|Premier League |8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan=2|— | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|81893|2020|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|Premier League |30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FACS}} | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|81893|2021|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|Premier League |15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|81893|2022|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|Premier League |14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=UEL}} | 1 | colspan=2|— | 24 | 2 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!99||2||15||0||18||1||29||2||2||0||163||5 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=3|Crystal Palace
|2023–24{{soccerbase season|81893|2023|access-date=4 December 2022}} |Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|81893|2024|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 | ||||||||||||
| Sheffield United (loan)
|Championship |11 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLCPO|Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!136||3||18||0||20||1||29||2||3||0||206||6 |
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Honours
Arsenal
- FA Cup: 2016–17,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39984089 |title=Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508054223/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39984089 |url-status=live }} 2019–20{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53546100 |title=Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=1 August 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430002356/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53546100 |url-status=live }}
- FA Community Shield: 2017,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40766983 |title=Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea |first=Tom |last=Rostance |website=BBC Sport |date=6 August 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806100602/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40766983 |url-status=live }} 2020,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53871874 |title=Arsenal 1–1 Liverpool |first=Emma |last=Sanders |website=BBC Sport |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=30 August 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324193022/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53871874 |url-status=live }} 2023{{cite news |date=6 August 2023 |title=Arsenal 1–1 Manchester City (4–1 on pens): Gunners win shootout to secure Community Shield |first=Gary |last=Rose |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66352143 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=BBC Sport}}
England U21
Individual
- Bolton Wanderers Player of the Year: 2015–16
References
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- [https://www.cpfc.co.uk/teams/first-team/defender/rob-holding Profile] at the Crystal Palace F.C. website
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