Ellery Cairo

Ellery Cairo
Personal information
Full name Ellery Cairo
Date of birth (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978[1]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position 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

Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former footballer.

Playing career

Club

He 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

  1. ↑ "Ellery Cairo". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Ellery Cairo van Freiburg naar Hertha BSC - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ Ellery Cairo tekent voor twee jaar bij NAC - NAC (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Heracles legt transfervrije Ellery Cairo vast - NU (in Dutch)
  5. ↑ Ellery Cairo naar AGOVV - De Stentor (in Dutch)
  6. ↑ "Coventry sign De Zeeuw and Cairo". BBC Sport. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
  7. ↑ Ellery Cairo derde nieuweling Oranje - Trouw (in Dutch)
  8. ↑ Ellery Cairo assistent-trainer FC Twente Vrouwen - FC Twente (in Dutch)


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