| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Ellensohn | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 39) | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | striker | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Macarthur Rams | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | FC Viktorsberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Waitakere United | 6 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Team Wellington | 13 | (6) |
| 2008 | Waitakere United | 2 | (1) |
| 2009 | FC Lustenau 07 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | FC Koblach | ||
| 2010 | Macarthur Rams | ||
| 2011– | Kiwi FC | 8 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | New Zealand U-23 | 15 | (5) |
| 2007– | New Zealand | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2008 | |||
Daniel Ellensohn (born 9 August 1985 in Cape Town) is an association football striker from New Zealand who currently plays for Samoa based League side Kiwi FC. He has also been known to DJ, with popular London clubs Gigalum and Ministry of Sound hosting him.
Club career
His previous teams include Team Wellington and Waitakere United. Ellensohn holds dual citizenship with Austria and New Zealand. The South African-born striker played from 2004 to 2008 in the New Zealand Football Championship, initially for three seasons at Waitakere United, with whom he twice reached the 2005 and 2007 Grand Final, but lost both went to Auckland City. In 2007, he moved to Wellington team again in 2008 and reached the Grand Final, this time against his former club Waitakere. In spite of his hits for the 1:0-lead his team lost the game even with 2:3.
Ellensohn then became the first ever New Zealander to sign in Austria as he signed for FC Lustenau in the Erste Liga, where his contract was no longer extended due to injury.
For the 2008/09 season Ellensohn returned to Waitakere and participated with the team at the FIFA Club World Cup 2008 (however, came at the 1:2 defeat against Adelaide United). Ellensohn has also spent a season with Sydney's Macarthur Rams in the NSW State League.
In 2011-12 he signed with Kiwi FC, in London, UK.
International career
Ellensohn has made a solitary appearance for the New Zealand All Whites as a substitute in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vanuatu on 17 November 2007. He was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where they competed against hosts China, Brazil and Belgium. Ellensohn scored the only goal in New Zealand U-23 historic 1–0 win over Chile, in Wellington, New Zealand on 4 July 2008, which tied the series 1-1. http://www.kiwifc.com/#/squad/4554518247 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
He has represented New Zealand's national beach soccer team, where he was named captain during the OFC Beach World Cup Qualifiers.
Personal
His brother David Ellensohn has represented New Zealand at Secondary School level as a goalkeeper and the South African born New Zealander holds an Austrian passport.
References
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
- "Kiwi FC Squad Profiles". (Kiwi FC). Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- "Gigalum - DJ Venue Clapham, Live Music Venue Clapham, DJ Bar South London, Big DJ names Clapham, SW4 DJ Venue, DJ bar London, Beergarden London". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- "The Gallery: Aly & Fila". www.ministryofsound.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
- "A-International Lineups 2000-2009". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- "Fired up Oly-Whites down Chile". (NZPA) stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2008.
- "OFC Beach Soccer Championship New Zealand 2007". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- Doppelpass ins rot-weiß-rote Abseits Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Daniel Ellensohn – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Daniel Ellensohn player profile at the official Team Wellington website (in English)
- Daniel Ellensohn player profile at the official Kiwi FC website Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- Daniel Ellensohn player Stats at the official Kiwi FC website Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- New Zealand men's association footballers
- New Zealand men's international footballers
- Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
- Men's association football forwards
- Waitakere United players
- Team Wellington FC players
- FC Lustenau 07 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- New Zealand people of Austrian descent
- South African emigrants to New Zealand
- 2008 OFC Nations Cup players
- OFC Nations Cup–winning players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand Football Championship players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen