Elif Elmas

Elif Elmas
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2015 Rabotnichki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Rabotnichki 44 (7)
2017– Fenerbahçe 5 (1)
National team‡
Macedonia U17 2 (0)
2015–2018 Macedonia U19 13 (2)
2016– Macedonia U21 9 (1)
2017– Macedonia 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018

Elif Elmas (Macedonian: Елиф Елмас; born 27 September 1999) is a Macedonian professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe and the Macedonia national team as a midfielder.

International career

Elmas was born in Macedonia to a family of Turkish descent. The coach of the Turkey national football team, Fatih Terim, tried to call him up, but Elmas decided to represent his birthcountry.[1]

On 11 June 2017, at the age of 17, Elmas made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Spain by coming in at halftime as a substitute for Ostoja Stjepanović.[2]

Elmas was also included in the Macedonia U21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, and he was in fact the youngest one in the 23 players squad.[3]

Honours

Club

Rabotnichki

References

  1. ↑ Sporx (17 July 2017). "Eljif Elmas kimdir? Eljif Elmas, Türkiye Milli Takımı'nda oynayabiliyor mu?".
  2. ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - FYR Macedonia-Spain - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Благоја Милевски ги избра седуммината од генерацијата 1996/97 за ЕП во Полска - ФФМ - Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија".
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