Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Elanga Fils | ||
Date of birth | 2 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1997 | C.N.P.S. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1998 | Canon Yaoundé | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | PAOK | 17 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Apollon Kalamarias | 29 | (1) |
2000–2005 | Malmö FF | 130 | (6) |
2006–2009 | Brøndby | 33 | (1) |
2008–2009 | → Horsens (loan) | 32 | (1) |
2010 | Malmö FF | 10 | (0) |
Total | 251 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1998–2002 | Cameroon | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Elanga Fils (born 2 May 1979) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career in Cameroon in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in Greece, Sweden, and Denmark before retiring in 2012. A full international between 1998 and 2002, he won 17 caps for the Cameroon national team and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Elanga was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. After leaving the country in 1998 Elanga started his European career in Greece playing for PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias.
After a year in each club Elanga left Greece in 2000 to transfer to Swedish club Malmö FF. He stayed at the club for six seasons, playing 130 league games and winning the Swedish championship in 2004.
In 2005 Elanga left for Denmark and Brøndby IF. After a couple of tough seasons he went on loan at fellow Danish club AC Horsens. His contract with Brøndby ended in 2009 and Elanga became a free agent.
In early 2010, Elanga announced that he would be training with his old team Malmö FF for a week, [1] a few weeks later he signed a new contract with Malmö and returned to the club after four years. [2] For the 2010 season Elanga had very limited playtime as he was only the second choice for the left back position behind Ricardinho, however he did get the chance to play for a couple of games in the beginning of the season when Ricardinho was injured and a few other games. In the end he played enough games to win his second Allsvenskan title with the club.
Elanga's contract was not renewed and he moved to his family in Borås to find a new club to play for. On 9 January 2012, he announced his decision to end his playing career to focus on studying for a UEFA Pro Licence and become a coach. [3]
Elanga represented Cameroon national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not play as Cameroon was eliminated after the group stage. [4] He won a total of 17 caps for his country. [5]
Joseph Elanga is the father of Swedish international Anthony Elanga who plays for Nottingham Forest. [6] [7]
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