Karl Elsey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl William Elsey | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Pembroke Borough | |||
| Swansea City | 0 | (0) | |
| Pembroke Borough | |||
| 1979–1980 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | (0) |
| 1980–1983 | Newport County | 123 | (15) |
| 1983–1985 | Cardiff City | 59 | (5) |
| 1985–1988 | Gillingham | 128 | (13) |
| 1988–1989 | Reading | 44 | (3) |
| 1989–1991 | Maidstone United | 72 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | Gillingham | 27 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | Sittingbourne | ||
| 1993–1994 | Braintree Town | ||
| 1994 | Ashford Town (Kent) | ||
| 1994 | Hastings Town | ||
| 1994 | Faversham Town | ||
| 1994–1996 | Margate | ||
| 1996 | Ramsgate | ||
| 1996–1997 | Chatham Town | ||
| 1997–? | Lordswood | ||
| 1998 | Maidstone United | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Margate | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Karl William Elsey (born 20 November 1958 in Swansea) is a Welsh former professional footballer. His clubs included Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers, Newport County, Cardiff City, Gillingham, Reading and Maidstone United. In total he made over 450 Football League appearances.
Elsey joined Pembroke Borough from local amateur football and had a brief spell with Swansea City in the 1978-79 season before returning to Pembroke Borough. He signed for Queens Park Rangers in January 1979, but failed to establish himself.
Elsey moved to Newport County in July 1980, during the most successful period in the club's history. Elsey was part of the team that won promotion and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup.
He moved to Cardiff City in September 1983 in a move that saw Elsey and Nigel Vaughan join Cardiff from Newport in exchange for Tarki Micallef, John Lewis and Linden Jones. He played over 60 games for Cardiff before joining Gillingham on a free transfer in May 1985. He moved to Reading in August 1988 and, although virtually ever-present in the Reading side the following season, left to join Maidstone United in July 1989. He rejoined Gillingham in August 1991, but dropped out of league football in March 1992 when he joined Sittingbourne.
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