Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Cairo played his first seasons of senior football for

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and Hertha BSC, before moving to English club

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on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha BSC. After only one season manager Chris Coleman announced that Cairo's contract was not to be renewed and he was subsequently released. Several clubs were interested in signing Cairo, but it was NAC Breda who ended up with his services after friendly match against amateur club

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. After he passed the medical, he signed a two-year contract, making NAC the seventh club in his career. After two seasons at the club, in which he made almost fifty appearances, often as a substitute, his expiring contract was no longer extended. As a free agent, Cairo signed with Heracles Almelo in September 2010. In 2011 he signed with

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. After one season, he left for amateur club DETO Twenterand. He suffered a knee injury in his first match for DETO and afterwards decided to retire.

International career

Cairo received a call-up for the Netherlands national team for a friendly against

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in 2005, after

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pulled out because of injury. However, Cairo never played a minute for ''Oranje''.

Managerial career

In summer 2014, Cairo was appointed assistant coach at the FC Twente women's team. He announced his departure in 2017. He has since worked as a fitness coach for Twente and as a personal trainer for players such as

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Honours

Feyenoord *

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: 1998–99 * KNVB Cup: 1994–95 * Johan Cruyff Shield:

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Twente * KNVB Cup: 2000–01

References

External links

Ellery Cairo player profile
at ccfc.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cairo, Ellery 1978 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Men's association football forwards Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers VV Spijkenisse players Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players FC Twente players SC Freiburg players Hertha BSC players Coventry City F.C. players NAC Breda players Heracles Almelo players AGOVV players DETO Twenterand players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Bundesliga players English Football League players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England