Kurt Elshot

Kurt Elshot

Personal information
Full name	Kurt Elshot
Date of birth	(1977-07-03) 3 July 1977
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Gronitas
	GVAV/Rapiditas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2005	Groningen	243	(4)
2005–2010	NAC Breda	106	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Kurt Elshot (born 3 July 1977) is a Dutch footballer who is currently unattached. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position. He has formerly played for FC Groningen and NAC Breda.

Career

Youth career

Elshot was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, a former Dutch colony. As a young boy, he moved to Geleen, a town in Limburg, the Netherlands. At age six, he moved to Groningen in the northern part of the country, and this was also where he started his footballing career, at local amateur side, Gronitas. Some years later, he moved to GVAV/Rapiditas, an amateur club known as one of FC Groningen's feeder clubs. He was therefore brought to FC Groningen in 1995, and was introduced to the first team a year later.

Professional career

On 31 March 1996, Elshot made his league debut in an away-match against FC Utrecht. The right back replaced Mathias Florén in the 70th minute. Elshot ended up with played 243 league matches for Groningen, in which he scored 4 goals. On 22 March 2005, Elshot signed a 5-year contract with NAC Breda, which would keep him at the club until 2010. He was, as expected, released from the club in 2010, following financial troubles at the club.

On 2 August 2010, Elshot won the prize for "Most Fashionable Footballer 2010", hosted by Esquire, for the footballer in the Dutch Eredivisie who has the best fashion style.

Statistics

Season	Club	Apps	Goals	League
1995/96	FC Groningen	2	0	Eredivisie
1996/97	FC Groningen	16	0	Eredivisie
1997/98	FC Groningen	27	0	Eredivisie
1998/99	FC Groningen	26	0	Eerste divisie
1999/00	FC Groningen	32	0	Eerste divisie
2000/01	FC Groningen	33	1	Eredivisie
2001/02	FC Groningen	19	1	Eredivisie
2002/03	FC Groningen	27	0	Eredivisie
2003/04	FC Groningen	31	0	Eredivisie
2004/05	FC Groningen	30	2	Eredivisie
2005/06	NAC Breda	33	0	Eredivisie
2006/07	NAC Breda	14	0	Eredivisie
2007/08	NAC Breda	31	2	Eredivisie
2008/09	NAC Breda	10	0	Eredivisie
2009/10	NAC Breda	1	1	Eredivisie
Total		332	7