Eljero Elia
Dutch footballer (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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Full name | Eljero George Rinaldo Elia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
SV Voorburg | |||||||||||||||||
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1996–2000 | ADO Den Haag | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | ADO Den Haag | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | ADO Den Haag | 59 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Twente | 64 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Hamburger SV | 52 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Juventus | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Werder Bremen | 66 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | → Southampton (loan) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Feyenoord | 55 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 68 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Utrecht | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | ADO Den Haag | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 414 | (58) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Netherlands U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Netherlands B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2018 | Netherlands | 30 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He turned professional at ADO Den Haag and then played for Twente before moving abroad to represent Hamburger SV, Juventus and Werder Bremen. In 2015, he came back to his home country to play for Feyenoord before moving to İstanbul Başakşehir, in 2017.
Elia scored on his debut for Netherlands in September 2009 and was part of the Netherlands squad which reached the final at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.