Daniel Ellensohn

Daniel Ellensohn

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Ellensohn
Date of birth	9 August 1985 (1985-08-09) (age 26)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	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
National team‡
2007	New Zealand U-23	15	(5)
2007-	New Zealand	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ 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 London, England, based Saturday League side Kiwi, in the Wimbledon and District League. This is amatuer football played in parks around South London.

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) not used. Ellensohn has also spent a season with Sydney's Macarthur Rams in the NSW State League.

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.^[1][2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

He has represented New Zealand's national beach soccer team, where he was named captain during the OFC Beach World Cup Qualifiers.^[5]

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.^[6]

References

1. ^ "A-International Lineups 2000-2009". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1565.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
3. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2008-07-04. http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 
4. ^ "Fired up Oly-Whites down Chile". (NZPA) stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/519404. 
5. ^ "OFC Beach Soccer Championship New Zealand 2007". Oceania Football Confederation. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/compdetails/nav/6039/post/6121. Retrieved 20 Sept 2009. 
6. ^ Doppelpass ins rot-weiß-rote Abseits

External links

• Daniel Ellensohn – FIFA competition record
• Daniel Ellensohn player profile at the official Team Wellington website (English)

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Name	Ellensohn, Daniel
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Date of birth	9 August 1985
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
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