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Dwight Eli (born 11 November 1982) is a Dutch former footballer who played for
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...
in the
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
and
Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
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Club career

Eli made his professional debut in the Eredivisie, on 28 April 2002 for
Sparta Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas rive ...
under coach
Frank Rijkaard Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (; born 30 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a defensive midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in footballing history, Rijkaard was described by British broa ...
against PSV. On 5 May that year he played a home game against
FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...
. Next season, in the Eerste Divisie, he played 16 matches. Eli continued his career with a long spell at the amateur branch of
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...
,
SC Feyenoord Sportclub Feyenoord, also known as Feyenoord AV, is a football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The amateur branch of professional football club Feyenoord, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch foo ...
. He finished his player career at
TOGB TOGB is a Association football, football club from Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1928. Its first squad plays in the Derde Divisie since 2022. The club was established on 28 October 1928 as TOGB, a Dutch abbreviation fo ...
and RSCV
Zestienhoven Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital. It ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eli, Dwight 1982 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders Dutch men's footballers Zwart-Wit '28 players Sparta Rotterdam players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SC Feyenoord players TOGB players