Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.
 Cairo in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 August 1978[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spijkenisse | |||
| Feyenoord | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Feyenoord | 29 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | → Excelsior (loan) | 53 | (13) |
| 2000–2003 | Twente | 86 | (12) |
| 2003–2005 | SC Freiburg | 58 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | Hertha BSC | 29 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Coventry City | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | NAC | 47 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Heracles | 6 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | AGOVV | 28 | (1) |
| 2012 | DETO | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 344 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editCairo played his first seasons of senior football for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Twente, SC Freiburg and Hertha BSC,[2] before moving to English club Coventry City on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha BSC.[3] After only one season manager Chris Coleman announced that Cairo's contract was not to be renewed and he was subsequently released.
Several clubs were interested in signing Cairo, but it was NAC Breda who ended up with his services after friendly match against amateur club DOSKO.[4][5] After he passed the medical, he signed a two-year contract, making NAC the seventh club in his career.[6] After two seasons at the club, in which he made almost fifty appearances, often as a substitute, his expiring contract was no longer extended. As a free agent, Cairo signed with Heracles Almelo in September 2010.[7][8] In 2011 he signed with AGOVV Apeldoorn.[9][10] After one season, he left for amateur club DETO Twenterand.[11] He suffered a knee injury in his first match for DETO and afterwards decided to retire.[12]
International career
editCairo received a call-up for the Netherlands national team for a friendly against Italy in 2005, after Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled out because of injury.[13] However, Cairo never played a minute for Oranje.
Managerial career
editIn summer 2014, Cairo was appointed assistant coach at the FC Twente women's team.[14] He announced his departure in 2017. He has since worked as a fitness coach for Twente and as a personal trainer for players such as Kevin-Prince Boateng.[12]
Honours
editFeyenoord
Twente[15]
References
edit- ^ "Ellery Cairo". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Ellery Cairo van Freiburg naar Hertha BSC - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ "Coventry sign De Zeeuw and Cairo". BBC Sport. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- ^ "'NAC Breda ziet in Cairo mogelijk nieuwe rechtsbuiten'". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 23 May 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Cairo en NAC Breda hebben elkaar gevonden". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 27 June 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Ellery Cairo tekent voor twee jaar bij NAC - NAC (in Dutch)
- ^ Heracles legt transfervrije Ellery Cairo vast - NU (in Dutch)
- ^ "Heracles trekt Ellery Cairo aan". NOS (in Dutch). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Ellery Cairo naar AGOVV - De Stentor (in Dutch)
- ^ Vos, Yanick (19 July 2011). "Transfervrije Cairo aan de slag bij AGOVV". GOAL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Cairo (33) vertrekt naar topklasser DETO". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 9 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ a b Aalbers, Dave (14 August 2019). "Deze oud-prof maakt beesten van FC Twente en Kevin-Prince Boateng". VICE (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Ellery Cairo derde nieuweling Oranje - Trouw (in Dutch)
- ^ Ellery Cairo assistent-trainer FC Twente Vrouwen - FC Twente (in Dutch)
- ^ "2001: Boschker de held, Waterreus de schlemiel" (in Dutch). KNVB. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
External links
edit- Ellery Cairo player profile at ccfc.co.uk
- Ellery Cairo at Soccerbase
