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'''Wade Patrick Elliott''' (born [[14 December]], [[1978]] in [[Southampton]], [[England]])<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref> is an [[England|English]] professional [[association football|footballer]], playing for [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]. He plays mainly as a right [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] but can play as a [[Defender (football)#Fullback|right-back]].
'''Wade Patrick Elliott''' (born [[14 December]], [[1978]] in [[Southampton]], [[England]])<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref> is an [[England|English]] professional [[association football|footballer]], playing for [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]. He plays mainly as a right [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] but can play as a [[Defender (football)#Fullback|right-back]]. He began playing football as a youth player for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] before joining non-league [[Bashley F.C.|Bashley]]. He began his professional career at [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] after joing from Bashley for £5,000 and after 5 years he joined [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] where he won 2 player of the year awards and scored the only goal in the [[2009 Football League Championship play-off Final|Play-Off final]] elevating his team to the [[English Premier League|Premier League]].


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
===Youth and Non-League===

Elliott began playing football as a youth player at [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] where he also represented [[England national under-16 football team|England School Boys]].<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref> He was released from the Southampton youth set up when he was 16 and instead went on to do his A-levels.<ref name="www.telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web | title=www.telegraph.co.uk | work=Online Newspaper Website | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/burnley/6022633/Burnleys-Wade-Elliott-excited-about-trip-into-the-unknown-waters-of-the-Premier-League.html}}</ref> He carried on playing football at non-league [[Bashley F.C.|Bashley]] while studying at University and was spotted by ex-Bournemouth player [[Jimmy Case]] who organised a trial match for him at Bournemouth,<ref name="www.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web | title=www.bbc.co.uk | work=BBC Dorset 20 questions feature | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/03/10/elliot_20questions_feature.shtml}}</ref> he then trained with the team over the Christmas period and signed for a fee of £5,000 in February 1999.<ref name="www.soccerbase.com">{{cite web | title=www.soccerbase.com | work=Soccerbase profile | url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=19212}}</ref>


===Bournemouth===
===Bournemouth===

He joined [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] around February 2000. While playing for [[Bashley F.C.|Bashley]] he was spotted by ex-Bournemouth player [[Jimmy Case]] who organised a trial match for him at Bournemouth, he then trained with Bournemouth over the Christmas holidays and signed for them in February<ref name="www.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web | title=www.bbc.co.uk | work=BBC Dorset 20 questions feature | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/03/10/elliot_20questions_feature.shtml}}</ref>. Bournemouth paid Bashley a [[transfer fee]] of £5,000 and a bag of balls. <ref name="www.soccerbase.com">{{cite web | title=www.soccerbase.com | work=Soccerbase profile | url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=19212}}</ref>
After joining the [[Coca Cola League One|League One]] side towards the end of the 1998/1999 season Elliott scored 3 goals in the 12 games he played. In the following seasons at the club he began to have more and more of an impact, winning the player of the year award in his first full season.<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref> He was out of contract at the end of the 2003/2004 season and eventually signed a one year contract extension, many of Bournemouth's other top players failed to agree new contracts and left the club.<ref name="www.skysports.com">{{cite web | title=www.skysports.com | work=Online Sports News website | url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11743_2301395,00.html}}</ref> In his last season at the club he played 51 games and scored 5 goals, with his contract expired he was eventually signed by [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], a team which he had impressed in an FA cup game that season. He signed a three year deal at the club along with fellow Bournemouth players [[Garreth O'Connor]] and [[John Spicer (footballer)|John Spicer]].<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref>


===Burnley===
===Burnley===
Elliott transferred to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] in the summer of 2005 as a [[Bosman ruling|Bosman signing]], joining on a three year deal from [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] along with team-mate [[Garreth O'Connor]]. He was signed because [[Steve Cotterill]] had been impressed with his performance when Burnley played Bournemouth in an [[FA Cup]] match. He then kept tabs on the player until the end of the season.<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}} </ref> During the 2005-06 season he made a total of 36 league appearances for the club, with around half of those as a substitute.
In both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 season, Elliott was Burnley's player of the season.
In the 2009 Championship Play-off Final, Elliott scored with a spectacular curling shot from 25 yards. This turned out to be the only goal of the game, winning Burnley promotion to the top tier of English football for the first time in 33 years. Elliott picked up his first premiership goal in a home tie against Everton on 23rd August 2009.<ref>>{{cite web| month =May | year =2009| title =Championship play-off final: Burnley v Sheffield United| author =Scott Murray | publisher =The Guardian| url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/25/championship-play-off-burnley-sheffield-united
| accessdate =2009-05-25}}</ref>


Elliott's first season at Burnley got off to a slow start, he made just 23 starts for the club and scored 3 goals. However in his next two seasons he became one of the clubs most influential players, winning play of the year awards for two consecutive seasons.<ref name="www.burnleyfootballclub.com">{{cite web | title=www.burnleyfootballclub.com | work=Burnley FC official site | url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,10413~8905,00.html}}</ref> It was in the 2007/2008 season that he commited his future to the club by signing a 3 year contract extension, keeping him at the club untill the end of the 2011 season.<ref name="www.skysports.com">{{cite web | title=www.skysports.com | work=Online Sports News website | url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_3355288,00.html}}</ref> In the following season he was instrumental in Burnley's promotion to the [[English Premier League|Premier League]] and capped off the season by scoring the only goal in the [[2009 Football League Championship play-off Final|Play-Off final]]. The 25 yard curling shot captured much media attention with multiple references to him scoring the goal that had the potential to earn Burnley up to £60 million in the Premier League.<ref name="www.telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web | title=www.telegraph.co.uk | work=Online Newspaper Website | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/burnley/6022633/Burnleys-Wade-Elliott-excited-about-trip-into-the-unknown-waters-of-the-Premier-League.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| month =May | year =2009| title =Championship play-off final: Burnley v Sheffield United| author =Scott Murray | publisher =The Guardian| url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/25/championship-play-off-burnley-sheffield-united
==Notes==
| accessdate =2009-05-25}}</ref> Elliott began his first Premier League season by scoring the only goal in the home win against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], again leading Elliott to grab headlines.<ref name="www.timesonline.co.uk">{{cite web | title=www.timesonline.co.uk | work=Online Newspaper Website | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6806999.ece}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== As a player ===
'''[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]'''
* [[Football League Championship|Championship]] (level 2) [[Football League Championship play-offs|play-off]] winners: [[2009 Football League Championship play-off Final|2008&ndash;09]]

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|[[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]
|[[1999–2000 Football League|1999–2000]]
|12||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||3
|-
||[[The Football League 2000–01|2000–01]]
|36||9||3||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||40||10
|-
|[[The Football League 2001–02|2001–02]]
|46||8||2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||49||8
|-
|[[The Football League 2002–03|2002–03]]
|47||4||6||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||54||5
|-
|[[The Football League 2003–04|2003–04]]
|39||3||3||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||43||4
|-
|[[The Football League 2004–05|2004–05]]
|43||4||5||1||3||0||0||0||0||0||51||5
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]
|[[The Football League 2005–06|2005–06]]
|36||3||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||38||3
|-
|[[The Football League 2006–07|2006–07]]
|42||4||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||44||4
|-
|[[The Football League 2007–08|2007–08]]
|46||2||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||48||2
|-
|[[The Football League 2008–09|2008–09]]
|44||5||5||1||7||0||0||0||0||0||56||6
|-
|[[2009–10 Premier League|2009–10]]
|4||1||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!439!!46!!27!!7!!17!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!483!!53
|}

==References==
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Revision as of 23:16, 8 September 2009

Wade Elliott
Personal information
Full name Wade Patrick Elliott
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 11

Wade Patrick Elliott (born 14 December, 1978 in Southampton, England)[1] is an English professional footballer, playing for Burnley. He plays mainly as a right winger but can play as a right-back. He began playing football as a youth player for Southampton before joining non-league Bashley. He began his professional career at Bournemouth after joing from Bashley for £5,000 and after 5 years he joined Burnley where he won 2 player of the year awards and scored the only goal in the Play-Off final elevating his team to the Premier League.

Playing career

Youth and Non-League

Elliott began playing football as a youth player at Southampton where he also represented England School Boys.[1] He was released from the Southampton youth set up when he was 16 and instead went on to do his A-levels.[2] He carried on playing football at non-league Bashley while studying at University and was spotted by ex-Bournemouth player Jimmy Case who organised a trial match for him at Bournemouth,[3] he then trained with the team over the Christmas period and signed for a fee of £5,000 in February 1999.[4]

Bournemouth

After joining the League One side towards the end of the 1998/1999 season Elliott scored 3 goals in the 12 games he played. In the following seasons at the club he began to have more and more of an impact, winning the player of the year award in his first full season.[1] He was out of contract at the end of the 2003/2004 season and eventually signed a one year contract extension, many of Bournemouth's other top players failed to agree new contracts and left the club.[5] In his last season at the club he played 51 games and scored 5 goals, with his contract expired he was eventually signed by Burnley, a team which he had impressed in an FA cup game that season. He signed a three year deal at the club along with fellow Bournemouth players Garreth O'Connor and John Spicer.[1]

Burnley

Elliott's first season at Burnley got off to a slow start, he made just 23 starts for the club and scored 3 goals. However in his next two seasons he became one of the clubs most influential players, winning play of the year awards for two consecutive seasons.[1] It was in the 2007/2008 season that he commited his future to the club by signing a 3 year contract extension, keeping him at the club untill the end of the 2011 season.[5] In the following season he was instrumental in Burnley's promotion to the Premier League and capped off the season by scoring the only goal in the Play-Off final. The 25 yard curling shot captured much media attention with multiple references to him scoring the goal that had the potential to earn Burnley up to £60 million in the Premier League.[2][6] Elliott began his first Premier League season by scoring the only goal in the home win against Everton, again leading Elliott to grab headlines.[7]

Honours

As a player

Burnley

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bournemouth 1999–2000 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
2000–01 36 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 10
2001–02 46 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 49 8
2002–03 47 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 54 5
2003–04 39 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 4
2004–05 43 4 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 51 5
Burnley 2005–06 36 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 3
2006–07 42 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 4
2007–08 46 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 2
2008–09 44 5 5 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 56 6
2009–10 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 439 46 27 7 17 0 0 0 0 0 483 53

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "www.burnleyfootballclub.com". Burnley FC official site.
  2. ^ a b "www.telegraph.co.uk". Online Newspaper Website.
  3. ^ "www.bbc.co.uk". BBC Dorset 20 questions feature.
  4. ^ "www.soccerbase.com". Soccerbase profile.
  5. ^ a b "www.skysports.com". Online Sports News website. Cite error: The named reference "www.skysports.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ Scott Murray (2009). "Championship play-off final: Burnley v Sheffield United". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-05-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "www.timesonline.co.uk". Online Newspaper Website.
Awards
Preceded by Burnley F.C.
Player of the Year
2006-07, 2007-08 		Succeeded by


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