Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Cairo played his first seasons of senior football for

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and

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, before moving to English club

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on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha BSC. After only one season manager Chris Coleman announced that Cairo's contract was not to be renewed and he was subsequently released. Several clubs were interested in signing Cairo, but it was

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

who ended up with his services after friendly match against amateur club DOSKO. After he passed the medical, he signed a two-year contract, making NAC the seventh club in his career. After two seasons at the club, in which he made almost fifty appearances, often as a substitute, his expiring contract was no longer extended. As a free agent, Cairo signed with

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in September 2010. In 2011 he signed with AGOVV Apeldoorn. After one season, he left for amateur club DETO Twenterand. He suffered a knee injury in his first match for DETO and afterwards decided to retire.

International career

Cairo received a call-up for the Netherlands national team for a friendly against

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in 2005, after

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pulled out because of injury. However, Cairo never played a minute for ''Oranje''.

Managerial career

In summer 2014, Cairo was appointed assistant coach at the FC Twente women's team. He announced his departure in 2017. He has since worked as a fitness coach for Twente and as a personal trainer for players such as Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Honours

Feyenoord *

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: 1998–99 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. O ...

: 1994–95 *

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footba ...

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Twente *

: 2000–01

References

External links

Ellery Cairo player profile
at ccfc.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cairo, Ellery 1978 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football forwards Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers VV Spijkenisse players Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players FC Twente players SC Freiburg players Hertha BSC players Coventry City F.C. players NAC Breda players Heracles Almelo players AGOVV players DETO Twenterand players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Bundesliga players English Football League players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England