Shaun Elliott

Shaun Elliott

Personal information
Date of birth	26 January 1957
Place of birth	Haltwhistle, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1975–1986	Sunderland	321	(11)
1986–1988	Norwich City	31	(2)
1988–1990	Blackpool	67	(0)
1990–1992	Colchester United	56	(1)
–	Seattle Sounders
1991	Albany Capitals	13	(0)
National team
1980–1981	England B	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Shaun Elliott (born 26 January 1957 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland) is an English former professional footballer.

Career

Elliott was a central defender who began his career with Sunderland before playing for Norwich City, Blackpool and Colchester United. He also played with the Seattle Sounders in the North American Soccer League. He ended his professional career in the USA in 1991, playing 13 times without scoring for the Albany Capitals in the American Professional Soccer League.

Elliott was captain at Sunderland and led them to the 1985 Milk Cup final, but missed the match through the suspension. Sunderland lost the final to Norwich City, who went down to the Second Division with them that season.

While with Sunderland, Elliott won three caps for the England 'B' team.

Honours

Club

Sunderland^[1]

• Football League Second Division Runner-up (1): 1979–80

Colchester United^[2]

• Football Conference Winner (1): 1991–92
• Football Conference Runner-up (1): 1990–91

References

1. "Tier Two (Championship) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
2. "Conference Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

• Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
• Profile at Neil Brown's statistics site