Alex Elliott
Quick Facts
Biography
Alex Elliott (born April 24, 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played for the German Club Sportfreunde Siegen. Elliott retired from playing in 2012 and entered the coaching world of soccer. Currently Elliott is the men's soccer head coach at Quest University Canada. Elliott is currently in Part 1 of his UEFA A Coaching licence. Elliott also holds his UEFA B and National B coaching licences.
Career
Youth
Elliott attended Summerland Secondary School and Magee Secondary School in his native Vancouver, and played for Columbus FC of the Vancouver Men's league (VMSL) in 2004 Elliott earned the league's golden boot with 12 goals in 16 matchesat the age of 16. In 2006 Elliott played in the Pacific Coast Soccer League for Whitecaps FC Reserves with whom he won the championship.Elliott then went on to play three years of college NCAA soccer at the University of Portland. He was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team and started all 19 matches in his first season with the Pilots in 2005, earned All-West Coast Conference Team hhonorsas a sophomore in 2006, and went one in earning All-West Coast Conference First Team honors in 2007, adding WCC points, assist, and Game-winning goals leader. Elliott Finished ia3 yyearNCAA Career with 21 goals and 10 Assists, a point per game average over 52 matches. Elliott occasionally captioned the U15, U17 and U20 Canadian national teams throughout his youth.
Professional
Elliott opted out of the MLS draft and turned professional in 2008 when he signed with Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Bundesliga 3, making seven appearances, With 3 assists. At the summer break of 2008 Elliott was sold to FSV Mainz 05 of the German Bundesliga 1. He played extensively for Mainz's reserves, making 23 appearances and scoring two goals while adding 6 assists.
Elliott returned to Canada in the summer of 2010 when he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Appearing in 14 of the final 16 matches in the 2010 season.
Elliott then returned to the German Bundesligas to play for former club SportFreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen from 2010 to 2012 scoring 7 goals in 34 matches.
Elliott retired from playing in 2012 due to concussions.
International
Elliott has represented Canada at U-15, U-17, U-20 and Men's futsal team levels. He scored two goals in eight matches with the U-17 squad, and was a member of the U-17 group that competed in the 2003 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament. Later he was a member of the U-20 squad that competed in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Scoring 13 goals in 27 Friendly matches over his two years with the U-20 team, Acting as team Co-Capitan. In 2008 Elliott was not released by SF Siegen to join the U23 Canadian Team at Olympic Qualifying. In 2012 Elliott joined the Canadian national futsal team at the 2012 CONCACAF futsal worldcup qualifiers in Guatemala. Elliott was the team's top goal scorer with 4 goals in the CONCACAF futsal worldcup qualifiers. Elliott retired from playing directly after the tournament.
External links playing career
- Act-Sports Groups: Alex Elliott
- Elliott's Caps debut will be a friends family affair
- Fussball Daten Elliott
- DFB Alex Elliott
- Mainz05 Interview With Alex Elliott
- Vancouver Whitecaps bio
- Footballread Alex Elliott 2007 highlights
- Alex Elliott BC Head of the class 2005
- Alex Elliott 2003-2004 VMSL Golden Boot winner
- 2007 University of Portland Soccer Stats
- All-Time university of Portland Mens Soccer Stat's
- Worldfussball.de Alex Elliott Profile
- Canadian Soccer Asso. Alex Elliott profile
External links coaching career
- Turnaround Season Ends With A Medal
- Elliott Named Quest University Head Coach
- Quest Mens Snap Streak
- Quest Kermodes ready for provincial debut
- Quest Kermodes capture first ever men’s soccer medal
- Fusion FC Staff
- The 2016-17 Quest Men's Soccer team ended their season on a high note
- Elliott is optimistic about many of the recent developments at Quest.