Daniel Ellensohn (born 9 August 1985 in

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) is an

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from New Zealand who currently plays for

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based League side Kiwi FC. He has also been known to DJ, with popular London clubs Gigalum and Ministry of Sound hosting him.

Club career

His previous teams include

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

and

Waitakere United Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu and The Trusts Arena. History Waitakere United ...

. Ellensohn holds dual citizenship with Austria and New Zealand. The South African-born striker played from 2004 to 2008 in the New Zealand Football Championship, initially for three seasons at Waitakere United, with whom he twice reached the 2005 and 2007 Grand Final, but lost both went to Auckland City. In 2007, he moved to Wellington team again in 2008 and reached the Grand Final, this time against his former club Waitakere. In spite of his hits for the 1:0-lead his team lost the game even with 2:3. Ellensohn then became the first ever New Zealander to sign in Austria as he signed for FC Lustenau in the Erste Liga, where his contract was no longer extended due to injury.
For the 2008/09 season Ellensohn returned to Waitakere and participated with the team at the FIFA Club World Cup 2008 (however, came at the 1:2 defeat against Adelaide United). Ellensohn has also spent a season with Sydney's Macarthur Rams in the NSW State League. In 2011-12 he signed with Kiwi FC, in London, UK.

International career

Ellensohn has made a solitary appearance for the New Zealand All Whites as a substitute in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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on 17 November 2007. He was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the

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, where they competed against hosts China, Brazil and Belgium. Ellensohn scored the only goal in New Zealand U-23 historic 1–0 win over Chile, in Wellington, New Zealand on 4 July 2008, which tied the series 1-1. http://www.kiwifc.com/#/squad/4554518247 He has represented New Zealand's national

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team, where he was named captain during the OFC Beach World Cup Qualifiers.

Personal

His brother David Ellensohn has represented New Zealand at Secondary School level as a goalkeeper and the South African born New Zealander holds an

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n passport.Doppelpass ins rot-weiß-rote Abseits

References

External links

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Daniel Ellensohn player profile at the official Team Wellington website

Daniel Ellensohn player profile at the official Kiwi FC website

Daniel Ellensohn player Stats at the official Kiwi FC website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellensohn, Daniel 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Cape Town New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers Olympic association footballers of New Zealand Association football forwards Waitakere United players Team Wellington players FC Lustenau players Expatriate footballers in Austria New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Austria New Zealand people of Austrian descent South African emigrants to New Zealand 2008 OFC Nations Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics