Eljero Elia

Eljero Elia
Elia in 2012
Personal information
Full name Eljero George Rinaldo Elia
Date of birth (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987
Place of birth Voorburg, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
SV Voorburg
TONEGIDO
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)
2015Southampton (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)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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.