Ellery Cairo
Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a right winger.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ellery Cairo | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 August 1978||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Right 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) |
Total | 343 | (39) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Playing career
Club
Cairo played for Feyenoord, Excelsior, FC Twente, SC Freiburg, Hertha BSC,[2] Coventry City, NAC,[3] Heracles[4] and finally AGOVV Apeldoorn.[5] He was a speedy midfield player with pace to burn and enjoyed a couple of international call ups in which he did not feature in any of the games.
Cairo was signed by Coventry City on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha BSC.[6] After only one season manager Chris Coleman announced that Cairo's contract was not to be renewed and he was subsequently released.
International
Cairo received a call-up for the Netherlands national football team for a friendly against Italy in 2005, after Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled out because of injury.[7] However, Cairo never played a minute for Oranje.
Managerial career
In summer 2014, Cairo was appointed assistant coach at the FC Twente Women's team.[8] He announced his departure in 2017.
References
- "Ellery Cairo". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- Ellery Cairo van Freiburg naar Hertha BSC - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Ellery Cairo tekent voor twee jaar bij NAC - NAC (in Dutch)
- Heracles legt transfervrije Ellery Cairo vast - NU (in Dutch)
- Ellery Cairo naar AGOVV - De Stentor (in Dutch)
- "Coventry sign De Zeeuw and Cairo". BBC Sport. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- Ellery Cairo derde nieuweling Oranje - Trouw (in Dutch)
- Ellery Cairo assistent-trainer FC Twente Vrouwen - FC Twente (in Dutch)