Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|5|23
cityofbirth = Copenhagen
countryofbirth = Denmark
height =height|m=1.98
currentclub = Randers FC
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 19??-1998
1999
2000-2001
youthclubs = BK Søllerød-Vedbæk
KB
Farum BK
years = 2002-2005
2005-2007
2007-present
clubs = Manchester City F.C.
Hertha BSC Berlin
Randers FC
caps(goals) = 4 (0)
2 (0)
25 (0)
nationalyears = 1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2003-2004
2004-2006
nationalteam = Denmark U-16
Denmark U-17
Denmark U-19
Denmark U-20
Denmark U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)
17 (0)
7 (0)
6 (0)
20 (0)
pcupdate = 19 April 2008
ntupdate = 29 May 2006

Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (né "Kevin Stuhr Larsen", born May 23, 1983) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who is a goalkeeper for Randers FC in the Danish Superliga.

Club Career

He played his youth years for various Danish clubs, and made his debut for the Danish under-16 youth national team in September 1998. He went on to represent various youth national teams for 28 matches, before he moved to Manchester City F.C. in July 2002. In the 2002-03 season, he made five full appearances and two substitute appearances for the club, replacing David Seaman both times when coming on as a substitute. He was loaned out to Blackpool FC for a month in January 2005.

Stuhr Ellegaard moved to Germany to play for Hertha Berlin in summer 2005, but had a hard time forcing his way into the starting line-up, and moved in summer 2007 to Danish Randers FC as a free agent.

Randers FC

In his first half season at Randers, Ellegaard only let 15 goals in 18 matches. Following his success, he was selected for the national team as 4th goalkeeper.

Stuhr continued his succes as first keeper in the 2008/2009 season. Due to a cancellation from Jesper Christiansen Stuhr was selected for the national team.

International Career

He has played a combined total of 56 games for the various Danish youth national football teams and was selected to represent the Danish under-21 national team at the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 tournament in May 2006. Stuhr was selected for the national team on august 31 2008due to a cancellation from FCK keeper Jesper Christiansen. [http://www.bold.dk/nyt/?vis=88556]

External links

* [http://www.randersfc.dk/spillere.php?id=72 Randers FC profile]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4730 Danish national team profile]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=32244 Soccerbase statistics]
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/stuhrellegaardkevin/ Fussballdaten statistics]

References

Persondata
NAME=Stuhr Ellegaard, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Stuhr Larsen, Kevin
SHORT DESCRIPTION=professional football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH=May 23, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH=Copenhagen, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=