Career
Nijholt began his career in the early 1980s with Haarlem, spending six years with the club However this campaign was to be overshadowed by the Luzhniki disaster. He then moved on to single seasons with Arizona, Utrecht and Swiss side Old Boys.
In 1993, he moved to English side Swindon Town for a fee of £175,000, spending two years with The Robins.
However, he did score his only goal for Swindon on 19 March 1994 in a surprise 2-2 home draw against that season"s double winners Manchester United. A year later he was part of the side which reached the Football League Cup semi finals but suffered a second successive relegation.
After leaving Swindon in 1995, Nijholt joined Volendam and spent three years with them before retiring in 1998. Nijholt became manager of Stormvogels Telstar in 2005 and has since declared his interest in managing former clubs Swindon and Motherwell, although neither application was successful.
He was the assistant-trainer of Football Club Red Bulletin Salzburg (Austria) during 2008-2009 season.
In 2010 he reunited with Company Adriaanse and is part of his coaching staff with the Qatar national team