Kurt Elshot

Kurt Elshot
Personal information
Full name Kurt Elshot
Date of birth (1977-07-03) 3 July 1977
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Gronitas
GVAV/Rapiditas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2005 Groningen 243 (4)
2005–2010 NAC Breda 106 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Kurt Elshot (born 3 July 1977) is a Dutch footballer who is currently unattached. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position. He has formerly played for FC Groningen and NAC Breda.[1]

Career

Youth career

Elshot was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, a former Dutch colony. As a young boy, he moved to Geleen, a town in Limburg, the Netherlands. At age six, he moved to Groningen in the northern part of the country, and this was also where he started his footballing career, at local amateur side, Gronitas. Some years later, he moved to GVAV/Rapiditas, an amateur club known as one of FC Groningen's feeder clubs. He was therefore brought to FC Groningen in 1995, and was introduced to the first team a year later.

Professional career

On 31 March 1996, Elshot made his league debut in an away-match against FC Utrecht. The right back replaced Mathias Florén in the 70th minute. Elshot ended up with played 243 league matches for Groningen, in which he scored 4 goals. On 22 March 2005, Elshot signed a 5-year contract with NAC Breda, which would keep him at the club until 2010. He was, as expected, released from the club in 2010, following financial troubles at the club.[2]

On 2 August 2010, Elshot won the prize for "Most Fashionable Footballer 2010", hosted by Esquire, for the footballer in the Dutch Eredivisie who has the best fashion style.[3]

Statistics

Season Club Apps Goals League
1995/96FC Groningen20Eredivisie
1996/97FC Groningen160Eredivisie
1997/98FC Groningen270Eredivisie
1998/99FC Groningen260Eerste divisie
1999/00FC Groningen320Eerste divisie
2000/01FC Groningen331Eredivisie
2001/02FC Groningen191Eredivisie
2002/03FC Groningen270Eredivisie
2003/04FC Groningen310Eredivisie
2004/05FC Groningen302Eredivisie
2005/06NAC Breda330Eredivisie
2006/07NAC Breda140Eredivisie
2007/08NAC Breda312Eredivisie
2008/09NAC Breda100Eredivisie
2009/10NAC Breda11Eredivisie
Total 3327

References

  1. "Kurt Elshot" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  2. "NAC Breda gaat selectie drastich inkrimpen" [NAC Breda first team will be drastically reduced]. Voetbal International (in Dutch). 17 March 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. "Esquire Magazine’s ‘ Most Fashionable Footballer 2010’ event". Mimi Fashionland. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.


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