Jonas Elmer

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This article is about the Swiss footballer; for the Danish director see Jonas Elmer.

Personal information
Jonas Elmer
Full name	Jonas Elmer
Date of birth	February 28, 1988 (1988-02-28) (age 20)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	176 cm
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	FC Aarau
Number	15
Youth clubs
1997-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007	FC Stäfa Grasshopper Chelsea
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-present	FC Aarau	29 (0)
National team²
2006-present	Switzerland U-21	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jonas Elmer (born February 28, 1988 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Aarau.

[edit] Football career

[edit] Early career

He was signed by Chelsea of the English Premier League in the summer of 2005 from Grasshoppers. He has featured regularly for the Chelsea reserve and youth teams in both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

Elmer made his first Chelsea first team appearance coming on from the substitutes bench in a pre-season fixture against A.C. Milan where he played the remainder of the match. His second appearance was against Wycombe Wanderers on July 13, 2005. Chelsea went on to win the game 5-1. He also came on as a substitute to make his third appearance for the club 4 days later as Chelsea F.C. beat Portuguese giants Benfica 1-0 in another pre-season fixture.

The 18-year old looked as though he may have a promising future at Chelsea and was offered a new 2-year contract by Chelsea F.C. in early April 2006. a reserve and youth teams.

Although Elmer was originally touted as a full-back, he has also played in the attack for Chelsea.

As of November 4, Jonas has started on 5 occasions for the Chelsea youth team, scoring once. He has also taken the step up to the reserve team where he has made 2 appearances. Jonas has recently played for his country at youth level, making 6 starts. Elmer was shown a red card playing for the Switzerland Under 19's against Liechtenstein.

[edit] Aarau

On June 25th 2007, Jonas Elmer got transferred back to Switzerland. He was offered a new 2 year contract by Aarau F.C.

v • d • e FC Aarau – current squad

1 Benito • 6 Burki • 7 Menezes • 10 Rogério • 11 Nushi • 12 Guerrero • 13 Bastida • 14 Tarone • 15 Elmer • 16 Ianu • 17 Sermeter • 19 Mutsch • 21 Rapisarda • 22 Antić • 24 Page • 29 Ludäscher • 30 Studer • — Schaub • Manager: Komornicki