Gary Holt

Holt came late to professional football, having had a spell in the Army Catering Corps as a chef and played for the British Army team. His professional career began when he joined Celtic but did not play for the first team and moved on to Stoke City.

Kilmarnock

Holt signed for his boyhood favourites, Kilmarnock, in 1995. He excelled in the Ayrshire team's most consistent period of success since the 1960s.

Norwich City

In 2001, Norwich City paid £135,000 for Holt. He was voted Norwich City player of the year in 2001–02, when he also collected a number of fans' awards, including the Capital Canaries Player of the Season trophy. That season, Holt was a member of the Norwich team that reached the final of the Division One play-offs, losing on penalties to Birmingham City Holt played in Division One for his first three seasons with the club and helped them win promotion to the Premier League in 2004.

Nottingham Forest

Holt left Norwich to join Nottingham Forest in 2005, where he spent two years before being released at the end of the 2006–07 season. At Forest he scored three times, with goals against Weymouth in the FA Cup, Cheltenham in the league and Yeovil in the second leg of the 2007 League One play off semi final.

Later career

He subsequently signed for League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 12 July 2007. He signed a one-year extension until July 2010 on 17 January 2009. On 28 March 2009, he lobbed Luke Daniels in the League Two match…

In July 2010, he returned to Norwich City as assistant Academy manager. He was responsible for the coaching of City's under-12 to under-16 age groups as well as assisting the current coaching staff with reserve team matters.

Falkirk manager

Holt was appointed manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk on 3 April 2013. Holt credited former Norwich City manager and compatriot, Paul Lambert for helping him. Holt left Falkirk in June 2014 to take a first-team coaching position at Norwich City, where he stayed for two years.

Livingston

In August 2018, he was appointed head coach of Scottish Premiership club Livingston, replacing former Scotland teammate Kenny Miller in the role. He won the Premiership manager of the month award for September 2018 and guided the relegation favourites to a ninth-place finish on their return to the Premiership. Holt was forced to take a temporary leave of absence from his role in August 2019 when he overexerted in a gym session and contracted rhabdomyolysis, causing his blood levels to rise to dangerous levels and his skeletal muscle to begin breaking down. The 2019–20 season provided further success for Holt and Livingston, as the Lions finished in fifth place. It was the club's second-highest ever league finish, and Holt won the Premiership manager of the month award for January 2020 and was nominated for the Scottish Football Writers' Association 'Manager of the Year Award'. After a bad start to the 2020–21 season, Holt…

Club

International

Score and result list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Holt goal.

Kilmarnock

Scottish Cup: 1997 Norwich

Football League First Division: 2003–04 (English second tier) Lowestoft Town

Isthmian League Division One North: 2009–10 Individual

Norwich City Player of the Year: 2002