Simon Elliott

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Simon John Elliott (born 10 June 1974) is a New Zealand football manager and former player who most recently served as head coach of USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC. A defensive midfielder, he spent his professional career in the |A-League, the |MLS and the Premier League. At international level, he made 69 appearances for the New Zealand national team, scoring 6 goals.

Semi-professional and college career

Elliott was born in Wellington. He played for several clubs in the New Zealand semi-professional Central Premier League in the 1990s, and attended Wellington College prior to moving to the United States. Elliott subsequently played college soccer at Stanford University, where he scored 13 goals and made 12 assists.[1]

Club career

Elliott began his professional career with A-League (now USL First Division) team Boston Bulldogs in 1999,[2] playing three games,[3] before joining Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy in May 1999.[1] He was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2000 after scoring five goals and making five assists, and helped the club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2000, the U.S. Open Cup in 2001 and the MLS Cup in 2002.[1] He made 122 appearances for Galaxy in five seasons, scoring ten goals.[1] In 2001, Elliott trained for two months with Manchester United in England,[4] but eventually returned to the United States.[5]

Elliott was traded in January 2004 to the Columbus Crew in exchange for a first round pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[1] He played every game in the 2005 season but was unable to help the Crew to the MLS Cup Playoffs as they finished bottom of the Eastern Conference.[2]

Elliott caught the eye of Chris Coleman, manager of Premier League club Fulham, during a pre-season friendly game in July 2005 and joined Fulham in training after the end of the MLS season.[2] He then joined Fulham in January 2006 on a free transfer[6] and made 13 league and cup appearances during the remainder of the 2005–06 season.[7] During the summer he injured a calf muscle,[8] and missed the entire Premier League 2006–07 season through injury; he played in some reserve games towards the end of the season.[9] He was released by Fulham in May 2008.[10] After his release from Fulham, Elliott joined Motherwell on trial in January 2009.[11]

Elliott returned to Major League Soccer in 2009, signing with the San Jose Earthquakes. He was waived from San Jose prior to the 2010 season opener.[12]

In November 2010, Elliott signed for hometown professional A-League club Wellington Phoenix as an Injury Replacement Player for Oscar Roberto Cornejo.

In February 2011, Elliott went on trial with Chivas USA in the MLS and signed with the club on 9 February 2011.[13] At season's end, his contract expired and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Elliott was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.

He served as head scout during the 2012 season but was not retained for a second year.[14]

In February 2018, Elliott was hired as head coach for the Sacramento Republic FC.[15] After finishing 7th place in the USL Championship season and getting knocked out in the conference semifinals of the USL Championship Playoffs, Sacramento Republic decided not to extend Elliott contract.[16]

International career

Elliott scored on his full New Zealand national team debut in a 3–0 win over Singapore on 21 February 1995[17] and earned his 50th A-international cap in a 3–0 win over New Caledonia on 10 September 2008, accruing 6 goals en route to his milestone.[18][19] He appeared in qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France.[1] Elliott was included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for their first appearance at the Olympic Games as one of three over age players, alongside Ryan Nelsen and Chris Killen[20] He was named as part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa.[21][22]

On 10 May 2010, Elliott was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, despite not being under contract at any club.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League MLS Cup National cupTemplate:Efn League cupTemplate:Efn Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Los Angeles Galaxy 1999[23] Major League Soccer 23 2 5 0 – 28 2
2000[23] 28 5 5 0 – 33 5
2001[23] 21 1 7 0 – 28 1
2002[23] 26 1 6 0 – 32 1
2003[23] 24 1 2 0 – 26 1
Total 122 10 25 0 0 0 147 10
Columbus Crew 2004[23] Major League Soccer 27 0 2 0 – 29 0
2005[23] 32 1 – 32 1
Total 59 1 2 0 0 0 61 1
Fulham 2005–06[24] Premier League 12 0 – 1 0 0 0 – 13 0
2006–07 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
San Jose Earthquakes 2009[23] Major League Soccer 15 0 – 15 0
Wellington Phoenix 2010–11[23] A-League 4 0 – 4 0
Chivas USA 2011[23] Major League Soccer 24 0 – 24 0
Career total 236 11 27 0 1 0 264 11

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
New Zealand 1995 9 1
1996 6 1
1997 9 1
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 6 3
2001 7 0
2002 2 0
2003 6 0
2004 3 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 2 0
2009 9 0
2010 9 0
2011 1 0
Total 69 6
Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elliott goal.
List of international goals scored by Simon Elliott
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 Template:Dts Tauranga, New Zealand Template:Fb 2–0 3–0 Friendly [26]
2 Template:Dts Muscat, Oman Template:Fb – 2–1 Friendly [27]
3 Template:Dts North Harbour Stadium, North Shore, New Zealand Template:Fb 5–0 7–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [28]
4 Template:Dts Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China Template:Fb 1–0 1–2 Friendly [29]
5 Template:Dts Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 2000 OFC Nations Cup [30]
6 2–0

Honours

References

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External links

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