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Simon Elliott
	Elliott playing for Columbus Crew
Personal information
Full name	Simon John Elliott
Date of birth	10 June 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1980–1989	Waterside Karori
1989–1992	Wellington College
College career
Years	Team
1997–1998	Stanford Cardinal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992	Wellington United
1993–1995	Wellington Olympic
1996–1997	Miramar Rangers
1997	Western Suburbs FC
1999	Boston Bulldogs
1999–2003	Los Angeles Galaxy
2004–2005	Columbus Crew
2006–2008	Fulham
2009	San Jose Earthquakes
2010	Wellington Phoenix
2011	Chivas USA
Total
International career
	New Zealand U20
2008	New Zealand Olympic (O.P.)
1995–2011	New Zealand
Managerial career
2018–2019	Sacramento Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon John Elliott (born 10 June 1974) is a New Zealand football manager and former player who most recently served as head coach of USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC. A defensive midfielder, he spent his professional career in the |A-League, the |MLS and the Premier League. At international level, he made 69 appearances for the New Zealand national team, scoring 6 goals.

Semi-professional and college career

Elliott was born in Wellington. He played for several clubs in the New Zealand semi-professional Central Premier League in the 1990s, and attended Wellington College prior to moving to the United States. Elliott subsequently played college soccer at Stanford University, where he scored 13 goals and made 12 assists.^[1]

Club career

Elliott began his professional career with A-League (now USL First Division) team Boston Bulldogs in 1999,^[2] playing three games,^[3] before joining Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy in May 1999.^[1] He was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2000 after scoring five goals and making five assists, and helped the club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2000, the U.S. Open Cup in 2001 and the MLS Cup in 2002.^[1] He made 122 appearances for Galaxy in five seasons, scoring ten goals.^[1] In 2001, Elliott trained for two months with Manchester United in England,^[4] but eventually returned to the United States.^[5]

Elliott was traded in January 2004 to the Columbus Crew in exchange for a first round pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.^[1] He played every game in the 2005 season but was unable to help the Crew to the MLS Cup Playoffs as they finished bottom of the Eastern Conference.^[2]

Elliott caught the eye of Chris Coleman, manager of Premier League club Fulham, during a pre-season friendly game in July 2005 and joined Fulham in training after the end of the MLS season.^[2] He then joined Fulham in January 2006 on a free transfer^[6] and made 13 league and cup appearances during the remainder of the 2005–06 season.^[7] During the summer he injured a calf muscle,^[8] and missed the entire Premier League 2006–07 season through injury; he played in some reserve games towards the end of the season.^[9] He was released by Fulham in May 2008.^[10] After his release from Fulham, Elliott joined Motherwell on trial in January 2009.^[11]

Elliott returned to Major League Soccer in 2009, signing with the San Jose Earthquakes. He was waived from San Jose prior to the 2010 season opener.^[12]

In November 2010, Elliott signed for hometown professional A-League club Wellington Phoenix as an Injury Replacement Player for Oscar Roberto Cornejo.

In February 2011, Elliott went on trial with Chivas USA in the MLS and signed with the club on 9 February 2011.^[13] At season's end, his contract expired and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Elliott was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.

He served as head scout during the 2012 season but was not retained for a second year.^[14]

In February 2018, Elliott was hired as head coach for the Sacramento Republic FC.^[15] After finishing 7th place in the USL Championship season and getting knocked out in the conference semifinals of the USL Championship Playoffs, Sacramento Republic decided not to extend Elliott contract.^[16]

International career

Elliott scored on his full New Zealand national team debut in a 3–0 win over Singapore on 21 February 1995^[17] and earned his 50th A-international cap in a 3–0 win over New Caledonia on 10 September 2008, accruing 6 goals en route to his milestone.^[18]^[19] He appeared in qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France.^[1] Elliott was included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for their first appearance at the Olympic Games as one of three over age players, alongside Ryan Nelsen and Chris Killen^[20] He was named as part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa.^[21]^[22]

On 10 May 2010, Elliott was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, despite not being under contract at any club.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			MLS Cup		National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Los Angeles Galaxy	1999^[23]	Major League Soccer	23	2	5	0			–				28	2
	2000^[23]		28	5	5	0			–				33	5
	2001^[23]		21	1	7	0			–				28	1
	2002^[23]		26	1	6	0			–				32	1
	2003^[23]		24	1	2	0			–				26	1
	Total		122	10	25	0			0	0			147	10
Columbus Crew	2004^[23]	Major League Soccer	27	0	2	0			–				29	0
	2005^[23]	Major League Soccer	32	1					–				32	1
	Total		59	1	2	0			0	0			61	1
Fulham	2005–06^[24]	Premier League	12	0	–		1	0	0	0	–		13	0
	2006–07	Premier League	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
San Jose Earthquakes	2009^[23]	Major League Soccer	15	0					–				15	0
Wellington Phoenix	2010–11^[23]	A-League	4	0					–				4	0
Chivas USA	2011^[23]	Major League Soccer	24	0					–				24	0
Career total			236	11	27	0	1	0					264	11

^ Includes Open Cup, FA Cup.
^ Includes League Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[25]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
New Zealand	1995	9	1
	1996	6	1
	1997	9	1
	1998	0	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	6	3
	2001	7	0
	2002	2	0
	2003	6	0
	2004	3	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	0	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	2	0
	2009	9	0
	2010	9	0
	2011	1	0
Total		69	6

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elliott goal.

List of international goals scored by Simon Elliott
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	21 February 1995	Tauranga, New Zealand	Singapore	2–0	3–0	Friendly	^[26]
2	1 October 1996	Muscat, Oman	Oman	–	2–1	Friendly	^[27]
3	11 June 1997	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore, New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	5–0	7–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[28]
4	16 January 2000	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Jamaica	1–0	1–2	Friendly	^[29]
5	25 June 2000	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti	Solomon Islands	1–0	2–0	2000 OFC Nations Cup	^[30]
6	25 June 2000	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti	Solomon Islands	2–0	2–0	2000 OFC Nations Cup	^[30]