Steeve Elana

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Steeve Elana
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Elana in 2004
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-11) 11 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Aubervilliers, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Martigues
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Marseille Endoume 0 (0)
2001–2002 ASOA Valence 29 (0)
2002–2005 Caen 62 (0)
2005–2012 Brest 236 (0)
2012–2016 Lille 20 (0)
2016–2018 Gazélec Ajaccio 74 (0)
2018–2019 Tours 32 (0)
2019–2020 Cholet 25 (0)
2020 Martigues 8 (0)
International career
2014 Martinique 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021

Steeve Elana (born 11 July 1980) is a former professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Martigues. Born in metropolitan France, he represented the Martinique national team.

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He previously played for Lille OSC in the French Ligue 1. [1] He became first choice goalkeeper for Lille after the departure of Mickaël Landreau. However, he was displaced in 2013–14 by the Nigerian international Vincent Enyeama.

International career

Born in France, Elana is of Martiniquais and Guinean descent. [2] In March 2019, 38-year-old Elana was called up to the Guinea national team, [3] having previously played internationally for Martinique which is a non-FIFA member. He was unable to get a Guinean passport, as he was not able to confirm the Guinean village his grandparents came from. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "STEEVE ELANA: "Dans le foot, il faut vraiment avoir une abnégation hors du commun…"". kreyoldiaspower.net.
  2. ↑ "Guinée : Steeve Elana et la Guinée, c'est mal parti". France Football.
  3. ↑ "Syli National : les 23 de Paul Put pour affronter la Centrafrique". 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain. "Guinée : la naturalisation de Steeve Elana a capoté ! - Afrik-Foot".


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