Venice Elphi

Venice Elphi
Personal information
Full name	Venice Elphi A/K Danny Kaya
Date of birth	(1984-09-10) 10 September 1984^[1]
Place of birth	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	ATM
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–	ATM	46	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2014

Venice Elphi A/K Danny Kaya (born 10 September 1984) is a Malaysian footballer plays for Angkatan Tentera Malaysia in Malaysia Super League.^[2] A winger, Venice is known for his blistering pace.

Career

ATM FA

Venice football career started when his talent was spotted in 2007, two years after he joined the Malaysian Armed Forces in 2005. He was selected in the armed forces football team starting in 2008, when ATM FA was in the second-tier Malaysia Premier League.^[3] Venice turned full time professional with ATM FA in 2011, having played before that as a semi-professional player, combining soccer with his army duties.

Venice has won the 2012 Malaysia Premier League with ATM FA, and were in the team that finished runners-up to Kelantan FA in the 2012 Malaysia Cup final, the first time ATM FA qualified for the Malaysia Cup final since 1966.

International career

Venice received his first call-up to the Malaysia national football team in early 2012 under K. Rajagopal.^[4]

Personal

Venice was a Corporal in the Malaysian Armed Forces, before being promoted to Sergeant in 2012.^[5]^[6] He is of Iban-Bidayuh native.

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ATM FA – current squad

1 Syed Adney 2 Reuben 3 Norfazly 4 Nwaneri 5 Ridzuwan 6 Shukur 8 Affize 9 Norshahrul 10 Abdulafees 11 Yusaini 12 Riduwan 13 Shahidan 15 S. Thinagaran 16 Fazrul 17 Palacios 18 Venice Elphi 19 Christie 20 Hai-O (c) 21 Karlović 22 Razi Effendi 23 Fadzli 24 Taj 25 Azmeer 26 Badrul Hisham 28 Ammar 30 Hafizuddin 33 Safwan Manager: B. Sathianathan