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Eljero Elia

Eljero Elia

Attack - Left Winger  at SV Madestein
Age39
CitizenshipNetherlands Suriname
Height1.76 m
Footright
BornFebruary 13, 1987
at SV Madestein 327 days · joined 2025-07-01
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Left Winger Attack

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
04/05
debut season
0.15
goals / match
Basaksehir FK
top club · 86 apps

Career highs

€17.00m
peak value · 2010
€9.00m
top transfer fee · 09/10
14
best season · 08/09
60 / 13
int'l caps / goals
493Appearances
74Goals
57Assists
52Yellow cards
1Red cards
104Full matches (90′)
Full nameEljero Elia
Name in home countryEljero George Rinaldo Elia
Date of birth1987-02-13 (39 yrs)
Place of birthVoorburg, Netherlands
CitizenshipNetherlands Suriname
PositionAttack - Left Winger (main: Attack)
Footright
Height176.00 m
Current clubSV Madestein
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires
AgentKey United
Jul 2025
Transfer: FC Skillz → Madestein
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2024
Transfer: Career break → FC Skillz
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2022
Transfer: ADO Den Haag → Career break
22/23 · Transfer
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
24 games missed
Nov 2021
Transfer: Without Club → ADO Den Haag
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
Transfer: FC Utrecht → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — ADO Den Haag
11 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: Basaksehir → FC Utrecht
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC Utrecht
23 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Basaksehir FK
30 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2018
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2018
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2018
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Basaksehir FK
24 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2018
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Nov 2017
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Basaksehir FK
32 matches · 8 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Feyenoord → Basaksehir
17/18 · Transfer · €1.10m
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Aug 2016
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Feyenoord U21, Feyenoord Rotterdam
32 matches · 10 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
Nov 2015
Injury: unknown
Aug 2015
Transfer: Werder Bremen → Feyenoord
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Feyenoord U21, Feyenoord Rotterdam
41 matches · 10 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2015
Transfer: Southampton → Werder Bremen
14/15 · Return from loan
Jan 2015
Transfer: Werder Bremen → Southampton
14/15 · Loan
Sep 2014
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — SV Werder Bremen, Southampton FC
27 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — SV Werder Bremen
33 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
Transfer: Juventus → Werder Bremen
12/13 · Transfer · €5.50m
Jul 2012
12/13 — SV Werder Bremen
25 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2011
Transfer: Hamburger SV → Juventus
11/12 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2011
11/12 — Hamburger SV, Juventus FC
10 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Hamburger SV
25 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Twente FC → Hamburger SV
09/10 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — Hamburger SV
35 matches · 6 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Twente Enschede FC
47 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Twente Enschede FC
36 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: ADO Den Haag → Twente FC
07/08 · Transfer · €200k
Jul 2006
06/07 — ADO Den Haag
26 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — ADO Den Haag
32 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2005
Transfer: ADO U19 → ADO Den Haag
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — ADO Den Haag
4 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2004
Transfer: ADO U17 → ADO U19
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2002
Transfer: Ajax Youth → ADO U17
02/03 · Transfer
Jul 2000
Transfer: ADO Youth → Ajax Youth
00/01 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €17.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 798 other Attack - Left Wingers with ≥500 minutes in 21/22. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.55/90
65
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.55/90
42
Yellow cards1 total · 0.55/90
24
9,385 min
Minutes played by club
ADO Den Haag 15.9%
FC Utrecht 4.1%
Basaksehir FK 20.5%
Feyenoord Rotterdam 7.6%
Feyenoord U21 1.3%
SV Werder Bremen 6.0%
Southampton FC 4.2%
Hamburger SV 18.5%
Juventus FC 0.0%
Twente Enschede FC 21.9%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
ADO Den Haag 4 04/05 21/22 73 9 4 1,491
FC Utrecht 1 20/21 20/21 23 2 1 384
Basaksehir FK 3 17/18 19/20 86 12 8 1,927
Feyenoord Rotterdam 2 15/16 16/17 68 18 13 711
Feyenoord U21 2 15/16 16/17 5 2 0 123
SV Werder Bremen 3 12/13 14/15 68 5 8 564
Southampton FC 1 14/15 14/15 17 2 0 395
Hamburger SV 3 09/10 11/12 65 8 12 1,732
Juventus FC 1 11/12 11/12 5 0 1 0
Twente Enschede FC 2 07/08 08/09 83 16 10 2,058

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€4.3M11€8.5M17€12.8M22€17M04/05 — 1 goals (ADO Den Haag)104/0505/06 — 4 goals (ADO Den Haag)05/06 — 2 assists605/0606/07 — 3 goals (ADO Den Haag)06/07 — 2 assists506/0707/08 — 2 goals (Twente Enschede FC)07/08 — 2 assists407/0808/09 — 14 goals (Twente Enschede FC)08/09 — 8 assists2208/0909/10 — 6 goals (Hamburger SV)09/10 — 9 assists1509/1010/11 — 2 goals (Hamburger SV)10/11 — 3 assists510/1111/12 — 1 assists111/1212/13 — 1 goals (SV Werder Bremen)12/13 — 3 assists412/1313/14 — 4 goals (SV Werder Bremen)13/14 — 4 assists813/1414/15 — 2 goals (Southampton FC)14/15 — 1 assists314/1515/16 — 10 goals (Feyenoord Rotterdam)15/16 — 5 assists1515/1616/17 — 10 goals (Feyenoord Rotterdam)16/17 — 8 assists1816/1717/18 — 8 goals (Basaksehir FK)17/18 — 5 assists1317/1818/19 — 1 goals (Basaksehir FK)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 3 goals (Basaksehir FK)19/20 — 2 assists519/2020/21 — 2 goals (FC Utrecht)20/21 — 1 assists320/2121/22 — 1 goals (ADO Den Haag)121/2204/05 — €100K05/06 — €250K06/07 — €325K07/08 — €800K08/09 — €3M09/10 — €11M10/11 — €17M11/12 — €15M12/13 — €8M13/14 — €6M14/15 — €4M15/16 — €3.5M16/17 — €3.5M17/18 — €6M18/19 — €2.5M19/20 — €1.5M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €600KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

04/05: 1104/0505/06: 4405/0606/07: 3306/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 141408/0909/10: 6609/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 101015/1616/17: 101016/1717/18: 8817/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 3319/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 1121/22

Assists by season

04/05: 0004/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 2207/0808/09: 8808/0909/10: 9909/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 5515/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 0021/22
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
21/22 Keuken Kampioen Divisie ADO Den Haag 9 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 KNVB Beker ADO Den Haag 2 1 0 1 0 165
20/21 Eredivisie FC Utrecht 20 2 0 3 0 384
20/21 KNVB Beker FC Utrecht 2 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 Play-Offs Conference League FC Utrecht 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Champions League Qu. Basaksehir FK 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Europa League Basaksehir FK 5 0 0 2 0 0
19/20 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 23 3 2 3 0 442
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Basaksehir FK 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 21 1 1 4 0 1,040
18/19 Türkiye Kupasi Basaksehir FK 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Qu. Basaksehir FK 4 3 0 0 0 113
17/18 Europa League Basaksehir FK 4 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 24 5 5 2 0 332
16/17 Beloften Eredivisie Feyenoord U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam 24 9 8 1 0 189
16/17 Europa League Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Johan Cruijff Schaal Feyenoord Rotterdam 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 KNVB Beker Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 1 0 1 0 224
15/16 Beloften Eredivisie Feyenoord U21 4 2 0 0 1 123
15/16 Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam 31 8 4 3 0 298
15/16 KNVB Beker Feyenoord Rotterdam 6 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 Bundesliga SV Werder Bremen 9 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 DFB-Pokal SV Werder Bremen 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Southampton FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premier League Southampton FC 16 2 0 2 0 395
13/14 Bundesliga SV Werder Bremen 33 4 4 4 0 505
12/13 Bundesliga SV Werder Bremen 24 0 3 0 0 0
12/13 DFB-Pokal SV Werder Bremen 1 1 0 0 0 59
11/12 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 4 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 DFB-Pokal Hamburger SV 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Italy Cup Juventus FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 Serie A Juventus FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 24 2 3 1 0 824
10/11 DFB-Pokal Hamburger SV 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 24 5 7 4 0 353
09/10 DFB-Pokal Hamburger SV 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League Hamburger SV 8 1 1 0 0 555
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Hamburger SV 2 0 1 0 0 0
08/09 Champions League Qu. Twente Enschede FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 34 9 4 4 0 331
08/09 KNVB Beker Twente Enschede FC 5 4 2 1 0 125
08/09 UEFA Cup Twente Enschede FC 6 1 2 3 0 540
07/08 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 30 2 1 3 0 1,062
07/08 Play-Offs Conference League Twente Enschede FC 4 0 1 1 0 0
07/08 UEFA Cup Twente Enschede FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Eredivisie ADO Den Haag 25 3 2 3 0 474
06/07 KNVB Beker ADO Den Haag 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Eredivisie ADO Den Haag 30 2 2 2 0 750
05/06 Gatorade Cup ADO Den Haag 2 2 0 0 0 35
04/05 Eredivisie ADO Den Haag 4 1 0 1 0 67
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
00/01 2000-07-01 ADO Youth Ajax Youth Transfer 0
02/03 2002-07-01 Ajax Youth ADO U17 Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 ADO U17 ADO U19 Transfer 0
04/05 2005-01-01 ADO U19 ADO Den Haag Transfer 100000
07/08 2007-07-01 ADO Den Haag Twente FC Transfer 325000 €200k
09/10 2009-07-05 Twente FC Hamburger SV Transfer 6000000 €9.00m
11/12 2011-08-31 Hamburger SV Juventus Transfer 12500000 €9.00m
12/13 2012-07-10 Juventus Werder Bremen Transfer 5000000 €5.50m
14/15 2015-01-03 Werder Bremen Southampton Loan 3500000
14/15 2015-06-30 Southampton Werder Bremen Return from loan 3500000
15/16 2015-08-06 Werder Bremen Feyenoord Transfer 2500000
17/18 2017-07-01 Feyenoord Basaksehir Transfer 6000000 €1.10m
20/21 2020-08-19 Basaksehir FC Utrecht Transfer 700000
21/22 2021-07-30 FC Utrecht Without Club Transfer 400000
21/22 2021-11-18 Without Club ADO Den Haag Transfer 400000
22/23 2022-07-01 ADO Den Haag Career break Transfer 275000
24/25 2024-07-01 Career break FC Skillz Transfer 0
25/26 2025-07-01 FC Skillz Madestein Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 infection 2013-07-31 2013-08-08 9 1
14/15 Stomach flu 2014-09-24 2014-09-29 6 1
15/16 Groin problems 2015-11-16 2015-11-21 6 0
16/17 Shoulder injury 2016-08-17 2016-10-16 61 15
16/17 Foot injury 2017-03-06 2017-03-30 25 5
17/18 Shoulder injury 2017-11-26 2017-12-18 23 7
17/18 unknown injury 2018-01-15 2018-02-07 24 4
18/19 unknown injury 2018-08-12 2018-08-21 10 3
18/19 unknown injury 2018-09-20 2018-10-02 13 2
18/19 unknown injury 2018-10-22 2018-10-29 8 1
18/19 unknown injury 2018-11-03 2018-12-11 39 9
18/19 unknown injury 2019-02-25 2019-03-04 8 1
19/20 unknown injury 2019-08-24 2019-09-20 28 6
20/21 Hamstring injury 2021-01-09 2021-04-01 83 12
21/22 Syndesmotic ligament tear 2022-01-30 2022-06-30 152 24
Current
Peak€17.00m
Low
Δ since start−€100k
€4.25m€8.50m€12.75m€17.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €275k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #20713 3 2 former national player
Team #16342 12 2 former national player
Team #16341 4 4 former national player
Team #11944 #17 10 3 former national player
Team #10933 1 0 former national player
Team #3379 #17 30 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Edin Visca 2 5 0
Júnior Caiçara 2 2 0
Marko Arnautovic 2 4 0
Mahmut Tekdemir 2 1 0
İrfan Can Kahveci 2 0 0
Zlatko Junuzovic 1 0 0
Tonny Vilhena 2 3 0
Terence Kongolo 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
08/09 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 9 34
16/17 Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam 9 24
15/16 Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 31

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 24
09/10 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 7 24
17/18 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 5 24

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
14/15 2015-06-30 Southampton Werder Bremen Return from loan €3.50m
14/15 2015-01-03 Werder Bremen Southampton Loan €3.50m

Teams faced most often by Eljero Elia's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Crystal Palace 24 11 7 6 33 26 +7 46%
Everton FC 23 8 5 10 30 31 -1 35%
Chelsea FC 23 3 6 14 28 53 -25 13%
Liverpool FC 22 5 3 14 15 38 -23 23%
Burnley FC 22 6 8 8 26 29 -3 27%
Arsenal FC 22 4 8 10 25 38 -13 18%
Leicester City 20 8 4 8 27 33 -6 40%
Manchester City 20 3 3 14 21 46 -25 15%
Norwich City 20 10 4 6 32 22 +10 50%
West Bromwich Albion 18 7 7 4 18 16 +2 39%
Stoke City 18 6 6 6 23 22 +1 33%
Hannover 96 18 6 4 8 24 26 -2 33%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
04/05 Senior debut season
04/05 First senior goal
16/17 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
21/22 11 165 1 0 0 0.55
20/21 23 384 3 0 0 0.7
19/20 30 442 5 0 0 1.02
18/19 24 1,040 4 0 0 0.35
17/18 32 445 3 0 0 0.61
16/17 32 413 2 0 0 0.44
15/16 41 421 4 0 1 1.07
14/15 27 395 3 0 0 0.68
13/14 33 505 4 0 0 0.71
10/11 25 824 1 0 0 0.11
09/10 35 908 4 0 0 0.4
08/09 47 996 8 0 0 0.72
07/08 36 1,062 4 0 0 0.34
06/07 26 474 3 1 0 0.76
05/06 32 785 2 0 0 0.23
04/05 4 67 1 0 0 1.34

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Eredivisie
198 apps
36 G
21 A
Bundesliga
118 apps
11 G
18 A
Süper Lig
68 apps
9 G
8 A
KNVB Beker
21 apps
8 G
4 A
Champions League Qu.
8 apps
3 G
0 A
Beloften Eredivisie
5 apps
2 G
0 A
Premier League
16 apps
2 G
0 A
UEFA Cup
8 apps
1 G
2 A
Europa League
20 apps
1 G
1 A
DFB-Pokal
5 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Eljero Elia

Who is Eljero Elia?

Eljero Elia is a Netherlands professional footballer who plays as a left winger for SV Madestein.

How old is Eljero Elia?

Eljero Elia is 39 years old. He was born on February 13, 1987 in Voorburg.

What position does Eljero Elia play?

Eljero Elia plays as a left winger (Attack - Left Winger).

What club does Eljero Elia play for?

Eljero Elia currently plays for SV Madestein.

How many career goals has Eljero Elia scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Eljero Elia has scored 74 goals in 493 appearances.