Eljero Elia
Elia at practice with Hamburger SV in 2009.
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| Full name | Eljero George Rinaldo Elia | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Voorburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 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– | Feyenoord | 51 | (17) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Netherlands U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Netherlands B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Netherlands | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012 |
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Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛldʒəroː ˈeːlijaː]; born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie.
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.
Elia scored on his debut for the Netherlands national team in September 2009 and was part of the Dutch squad which reached the final at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Before excelling in the ADO Den Haag youth team at the age of nine, Elia played for many amateur clubs. He made his professional debut in 2004 against Groningen when he was just 17 years old. In that season, he played four matches and scored one goal (his first professional goal) for Den Haag against AZ. From then on, Elia established himself in the first team at ADO Den Haag.
After some conflicts between Elia and Den Haag's new coach, Lex Schoenmaker, Twente signed the exciting young player.
Besides Twente, Ajax were also keen to sign the player. However, had Elia chosen Ajax, he would have first been loaned back to ADO Den Haag where he would not have the chance to play due to conflicts with the coach. Furthermore, ADO Den Haag were relegated and Elia did not want to play in the Eerste Divisie.
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