About Eljero Elia
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. After three seasons in Turkey he returned to the Netherlands to play a season at Utrecht and another at his boyhood club ADO Den Haag, where he retired in 2022. Elia scored on his debut for Netherlands in September 2009 and was part of the Netherlands squad which reached the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. == Club career == === Early career === Born in Voorburg, Elia played as a youth for local side SV Voorburg, before it merged to become Forum Sport in 1998. He later moved to cross-city rivals TONEGIDO and played in their youth department. In 1996, at age nine, Elia moved to the youth system of ADO Den Haag. He then moved to Ajax in 2000. Elia reflected on his time at the club, saying: "Already as a kid I loved playing for that club.
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