Elvis Manu

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Elvis Manu
Personal information
Full name Elvis Manu
Date of birth (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Dordrecht, Netherlands
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 19
Youth career
SC Amstelwijck
SSW
2005–2012 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Feyenoord 32 (8)
2012–2013 → Excelsior (loan) 20 (8)
2014 → SC Cambuur (loan) 15 (5)
2015– Brighton & Hove Albion 8 (0)
2016 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 5 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Netherlands U16 4 (1)
2009 Netherlands U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 Netherlands U19 8 (1)
2012 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2014 Netherlands U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:35, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Elvis Manu (born 13 August 1993) is a Dutch-born Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Championship as a winger. Manu has represented the Netherlands from the U16 through to the U21 age group.

Club career

Feyenoord

After progressing through Feyenoord's youth academy, Manu signed a professional contract with the club in 2012. Manu made his professional debut for Feyenoord on 26 February 2012, in a 2–3 away defeat to PSV, coming on for Jerson Cabral in the 90th minute.[1] He scored his first professional goal for the club in a 2–3 away victory to Heerenveen, in Feyenoord's final game of the 2011–12 season.[2]

Loan spells

After making his first appearances for Feyenoord during the 2011–12 season, Manu was loaned out to Eerste Divisie side Excelsior at the start of the 2012–13 campaign, along with 4 other Feyenoord players.[3]

After returning to Feyenoord at the beginning of 2013–14 season, Manu was loaned out once again on 9 January 2014, joining Eredivise side SC Cambuur until the end of the season.[4]

Feyenoord first team

After spending most of the previous two seasons out on loan, Manu broke into the Feyenoord first team during the 2014–15 season, becoming a regular for the club. Manu was on the bench in Feyenoord's first game of the 2014–15 season, a 1–2 defeat at home to Beşiktaş in the Champions League third qualifying round, Manu came on in the 65th minute for Wesley Verhoek to make his European debut.[5] His first goal of the season came on 6 August 2014, on the return leg to Beşiktaş just seven days later, his goal came in the 74th mintue, however he was unable to prevent Beşiktaş triumphing 5–2 on aggregate.[6]

Feyenoord were thus knocked of the Champions League and demoted to the Europa League. In the Europa League play-off round, against Zorya Luhansk, Manu scored in the 90th minute to put Feyenoord 4–3 ahead and send them into the Europa League group stage for the first time in six years.[7] Feyenoord went on to win their group, with Manu scoring in both of the matches against Standard Liège.[8][9] In the knockout stages, Feyenoord faced Roma, with Manu scoring in the return leg, however Feyenoord lost 2-3 on aggregate.[10] Manu went on to make 35 appearances and score 12 goals in all competitions for Feyenoord during the 2014–15 season.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 29 August 2015, Manu joined Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[11] He made his Brighton debut in a 0–0 draw, away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 19 September 2015, coming on at half-time for Tomer Hemed.[12]

Huddersfield Town (loan)

On 1 February 2016, Manu joined Championship club Huddersfield Town on loan until 2 May 2016.[13] He made his Huddersfield debut as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat against Preston North End on 6 February 2016, coming on in the 78th minute for Harry Bunn.[14]

Manu was recalled from his loan spell at Huddersfield on 30 March 2016, after he found his chances limited at the club, making 5 appearances, with all of them coming as a substitute.[15]

International career

Manu has represented the Netherlands in the U16, U17, U19, U20 and U21 levels. However, on 24 June 2015, he switched his national alliegance to Ghana, whom he qualifies for through his Ghanaian heritage, he is yet to play for their national team.[16]

Career statistics

As of 6 February 2016.[17]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 2011–12 Eredivisie 4 1 0 0 – 0 0 4 1
2012–13 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
2013–14 1 0 1 0 – 2 0 4 0
2014–15 26 7 1 0 – 8 5 35 12
2015–16 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
Total 32 8 2 0 – 10 5 44 13
Excelsior (loan) 2012–13 Eerste Divisie 20 8 1 1 – – 21 9
SC Cambuur (loan) 2013–14 Eredivisie 15 5 0 0 – – 15 5
Brighton & Hove Albion 2015–16 Championship 8 0 1 0 0 0 – 9 0
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2015–16 5 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 0
Career total 80 21 4 1 0 0 10 5 94 27

References

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  17. ↑ Elvis Manu career statistics at Soccerbase

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