Jonas Elmer (born 28 February 1988) is a Swiss

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who currently works for FC Stäfa as a player-assistant coach.

Football career

Early career

Elmer was signed by

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side

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in the summer of 2005 from

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. He featured regularly for the Chelsea reserve and youth teams in both the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Elmer made his first start for Chelsea's first team when coming on from the substitutes bench in a pre-season fixture against A.C. Milan, where he played the remainder of the match. His second appearance was against

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on 13 July 2005.

went on to win the game 5–1. He also came on as a substitute to make his third appearance for the club four days later as

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beat Portuguese club Benfica 1–0 in another pre-season fixture. Elmer looked as though he could have a promising future at

and signed a new two-year contract in early April 2006.

Aarau

On 25 June 2007, Elmer traveled back to Switzerland and signed a two-year contract with

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Sion

On 18 May 2010, it was made official that Elmer had signed a three-year contract with

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Winterthur

In 2012, he joined

FC Winterthur FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Sta ...

in the

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and made 21 appearances.

Toronto FC

He signed with Toronto FC on 1 August 2013. He mutually parted ways with Toronto FC the following off-season.

Rapperswil-Jona

In July 2015, Elmer returned to Switzerland with

FC Rapperswil-Jona Fussball Club Rapperswil-Jona, was founded in 1928 and is now the largest sports club in the Oberer Lake / Linth area. After achieving promotion in June 2017, the first team will played in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss foot ...

Return to FC Stäfa

Having completed a distance learning degree in business administration in 2016, and since then worked as a property manager beside his football career, Elmer decided to terminate his contract with

at the end of 2019 and put an end to his professional career to focus on his civil career. He continued playing for his former youth club, FC Stäfa, in the Swiss 3rd division, as a player-assistant coach.

Honours

Sion *

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References

External links

FC Aarau profile

football.ch profilePlayer Profile FC Sion-Online
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