| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Stuhr Larsen | ||
| Date of birth | May 23, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brøndby IF[1] | |||
| Hvidovre IF[1] | |||
| BK Søllerød-Vedbæk[1] | |||
| KB[1] | |||
| Farum BK[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Manchester City[2] | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Blackpool (loan)[2] | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Hertha BSC[3] | 2 | (0) |
| 2005-2007 | → Hertha BSC II | 32 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Randers FC[4] | 95 | (0) |
| 2010-2011 | SC Heerenveen | 28 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Denmark U-16[5] | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Denmark U-17[5] | 17 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Denmark U-19[5] | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Denmark U-20[5] | 6 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Denmark U-21[5] | 20 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (née Kevin Stuhr Larsen,[6] born May 23, 1983) is a Danish professional football goalkeeper who is currently a Free Agent. He has played for Manchester City and Blackpool in England, as well as German club Hertha BSC. Ellegaard has played 56 games for various Danish youth selections, including 20 games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
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Born in Copenhagen, Ellegaard spent his youth years in various Zealand clubs. In July 2002 he moved from Farum BK to Manchester City.[2] In the 2003–04 season, he made five full appearances and two substitute appearances for the club, replacing David Seaman both times when coming on as a substitute.[2] He was loaned out to Blackpool FC for a month in January 2005.[2] Stuhr Ellegaard moved to Germany to play for Hertha BSC in summer 2005. He had a hard time forcing his way into the starting line-up, and only played two Bundesliga games for the team.[3] He moved to Danish club Randers FC as a free agent in the summer 2007.
In his first half season with Randers, Ellegaard only conceded 15 goals in 18 matches. He went on to play all Randers games in his first two seasons with the club, helping Randers finish sixth in the 2007–08 and fifth in the 2008–09 Superliga season.[4] In the 2009–10 Superliga season, Ellegaard conceded 15 goals in the first seven games, and was dropped from the starting line-up by coach John Jensen in August.[4] As Randers' results did not improve with new goalkeeper Nathan Coe, Ellegaard was reinstated in October 2009,[4] and only conceded 8 goals in the 16 games unbeaten run that secured Randers FC another season in the top flight. Ellegaard and Randers decided to part their ways in June 2010, as they could not agree on a new contract.
In July 2010, Ellegaard was announced in the starting line-up of Coventry City's friendly against Nuneaton Town FC. This was while on trial at the club.
He made his debut for the Danish under-16 youth national team in September 1998, and went on to represent various youth national teams for a combined total of 56 games.[5] He made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national football team in September 2004,[5] and represented the team at the 2006 Under-21 European Championship tournament in May 2006.
While at Manchester City, Ellegaard served as a stand-in for Thomas Sørensen in the initial Denmark national football team training sessions ahead of the 2004 European Championship.[7] He was not a part of the Danish squad at the tournament. In the fall of 2007, while playing for Randers, Ellegaard was called up as the Danish third choice goalkeeper due to the injury of Jesper Christiansen.[8] In August 2008, Ellegaard was called up for the national team again, due to a new Jesper Christiansen injury.[9]
Player of the year 2007/08 in Randers FC
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