Daniel Ellensohn
New Zealand association footballer
Daniel Ellensohn (born 9 August 1985 in Cape Town) is an association football striker from New Zealand who has played in New Zealand, Australia and Austria. He has represented NZ in beach soccer & Austria in touch Rugby. 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 and 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).
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