Anthony Elanga
#11 · Forward · age 24
Right-side direct attacker; transition outlet
82
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 59
- Career peak
- 79
- League level
- 100
- Competition pedigree
- 82
- International pedigree
- 70
- Longevity
- 61
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Elanga is Sweden’s primary transition outlet — the player who breaks lines when Lindelöf wins a header in the defensive third. His Premier League experience against pressing sides has hardened him exactly for the games Potter expects against Japan and Tunisia.
He completes a forward unit (with Isak, Gyökeres, and Bergvall) that on paper outguns every team in Group F, including the Netherlands. Whether Sweden’s defensive structure holds up to that statement is the open question.
Strengths
- Direct dribbling at pace from the right
- Pressing intensity off the front
- Transition runs
Recent form
Newcastle starter through 2025-26 PL campaign.
Was the first Manchester United academy graduate to score on his Premier League debut since Marcus Rashford — a 2022 strike against Newcastle, the club he now plays for.