Jonas Elmer

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

Football career

Early career

He was signed by Chelsea F.C. of the FA Premier League in the summer of 2005 from Grasshopper-Club Zürich. 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 F.C. 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 SL Benfica 1-0 in another pre-season fixture.

The 18-year old looked as though he may have a promising future at Chelsea F.C. 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 F.C. 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 national football team against Liechtenstein.

Aarau

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