Anthony Elanga
Swedish footballer (born 2002)
Why this is trending
Interest in “Anthony Elanga” spiked on Wikipedia on 2026-02-25.
Categorised under Sports, this article fits a familiar pattern. In the sports world, trending articles usually correspond to recent match results, draft picks, or athlete milestones.
At GlyphSignal we surface these trending signals every day—transforming Wikipedia’s vast pageview data into actionable insights about global curiosity.
Key Takeaways
- Anthony David Junior Elanga (born 27 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team.
- Besides his native Swedish, Elanga speaks English and French.
- Elanga briefly played for local club Hattersley, and was scouted by both Manchester City and Manchester United before joining United at the age of 12.
- He signed as an academy scholar at United in July 2018, and scored four goals in 22 appearances in his first full season playing for the Under-18s.
- He finished the COVID-shortened season as the Under-18s' top scorer in the league with seven goals in nine appearances, and won the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award.
Anthony David Junior Elanga (born 27 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team.
Early life
Elanga was born in the Hyllie ward of Malmö, Sweden, when his Cameroonian father Joseph Elanga was playing for Malmö FF. Besides his native Swedish, Elanga speaks English and French.
Club career
Manchester United
Youth
After playing for IF Elfsborg and Malmö FF in Sweden, Elanga's family moved to England and settled in Manchester. Elanga briefly played for local club Hattersley, and was scouted by both Manchester City and Manchester United before joining United at the age of 12. Elanga debuted for the United under-18s at the age of 15 in a 2–1 away defeat to Liverpool in April 2018. He signed as an academy scholar at United in July 2018, and scored four goals in 22 appearances in his first full season playing for the Under-18s.
The following season, Elanga played twice for the Under-21s in the EFL Trophy, both as a substitute. He finished the COVID-shortened season as the Under-18s' top scorer in the league with seven goals in nine appearances, and won the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award. He played four times for the club's under-21 side in the 2020–21 EFL Trophy, scoring twice.
Content sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0
