Wade Elliott

Wade Elliott
With Birmingham City in 2012 pre-season
Personal information
Full name Wade Patrick Elliott[1]
Date of birth (1978-12-14) 14 December 1978 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth Southampton, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1994 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Bashley 68 (0)
2000–2005 AFC Bournemouth 220 (31)
2005–2011 Burnley 252 (19)
2011–2014 Birmingham City 88 (8)
2014Bristol City (loan) 19 (3)
2014–2015 Bristol City 36 (2)
Total 683 (63)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Bristol City U21s
2016 Bristol City (caretaker)
2018 Stoke City U23s
2022–2023 Cheltenham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wade Patrick Elliott (born 14 December 1978) is an English former professional footballer who was most recently head coach of EFL League One club Cheltenham Town. He played mainly as a right midfielder but could also play as a central midfielder.

Elliott began playing football as a youth player for Southampton before joining non-league Bashley. He began his professional career at AFC Bournemouth after joining from Bashley for £5,000. After five years he joined Burnley where he won two player of the year awards and scored the only goal in the 2009 play-off final elevating his team to the Premier League. He moved on to Birmingham City in 2011, playing regularly for two seasons. He spent time on loan at Bristol City in 2014, and joined them on a permanent contract after his release from Birmingham at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Having achieved promotion from League One to the Championship with Bristol City in the 2014–15 season, Elliott retired from playing in June 2015 in order to take up a coaching role at the club. After leaving Bristol City in June 2016 Elliott played in several pre-season Friendlies for National League side Forest Green Rovers, reportedly in advance of taking a joint role of player and youth team coach.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Burnleyprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).