Elrio van Heerden

Elrio van Heerden (born July 11 1983 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Brugge.

Van Heerden started his career in the football school of FC Copenhagen in Port Elizabeth. He came to Denmark in 2002, where he spent his first two years learning from the older players. Elrio got his debut in 2004 against AaB at Parken Stadium, and the little South African immediately wrote history with his equalizer short before the final whistle. The goal meant, that FC København could secure the championship in the next round against FC Nordsjælland at Farum Park, which they did with a 4-2 victory. On January 24 2006 he signed a deal with Club Brugge.

He has so far won 20 full international caps for South Africa, scoring two goals.