Joseph Elanga
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Elanga Fils | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | C.N.P.S. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Canon Yaoundé | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | PAOK | 17 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Apollon Kalamarias | 29 | (1) |
| 2000–2005 | Malmö FF | 121 | (5) |
| 2005–2009 | Brøndby | 33 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Horsens (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2010 | Malmö FF | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 242 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Cameroon | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2011 | |||
Joseph Elanga Fils (born 2 May 1979 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a defender.
Playing career
Club career
After leaving Cameroon in 1998 Elanga started his European career in Greece playing for PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias. After a year in each club Elanga left Greece in 2000 to transfer to Swedish club Malmö FF. He stayed at the club for 5 years playing 130 league games and winning the Swedish championship in 2004. In 2005 Elanga left for Denmark and Brøndby IF. After a couple of tough seasons he went on loan at fellow Danish club AC Horsens. His contract with Brøndby ended in 2009 and Elanga became a free agent.
In early 2010, Elanga announced that he would be training with his old team Malmö FF for a week,[1] a few weeks later he signed a new contract with Malmö and returned to the club after four years.[2] For the 2010 season Elanga had very limited playtime as he was only the second choice for the left back position behind Ricardinho, however he did get the chance to play for a couple of games in the beginning of the season when Ricardinho was injured and a few other games. In the end he played enough games to win his second Allsvenskan title with the club. Elanga's contract was not renewed and he moved to his family in Borås to find a new club to play for. On 9 January 2012 he announced his decision to end his playing career to focus on studying for a UEFA Pro Licence and become a coach.[3] Elanga now plays for Lund SK, a Division 2 team in Sweden. His contract runs until 20 August 2016.
International career
Elanga played for the Cameroon national football team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Honours
Club
- Malmö FF
Footnotes
External links
- Template:Sv icon Malmö FF Profile
- Template:Sv icon SvFF profile
- Template:Da icon Danish league stats
- Template:Da icon Brøndby IF profile
- Joseph Elanga at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- Joseph Elanga at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yaoundé
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroon international footballers
- PAOK FC players
- Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players
- Malmö FF players
- Brøndby IF players
- AC Horsens players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Cameroonian expatriates in Greece
- Danish Superliga players
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Association football defenders
- Association football wingers