| Fullname: | Elijah Hollands |
| Originalteam: | Murray Bushrangers (NAB League) Wodonga (O & M Football League) |
| Draftpick: | No. 7, 2020 national draft |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Height: | 189 cm |
| Weight: | 86 kg |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Guernsey: | 20 |
| Years1: | 2021–2023 |
| Games Goals1: | 14 (8) |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Games Goals2: | 22 (17) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 36 (25) |
| Statsend: | the 2024 season |
| Careerhighlights: |
2022 |
Elijah Hollands (born 25 April 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Hollands was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1] His father, Ben, was a professional Australian rules footballer who played 8 AFL games for Richmond in 1999 as well as spending years on Sydney and Port Adelaide's AFL lists.[2] Hollands lived the first nine years of his life in Adelaide before relocating to Wodonga on the Victoria-New South Wales border.
He didn't start playing football until he began with Auskick at the Wodonga Bulldogs[3] going on to play junior football in the Ovens & Murray Football League and made his senior debut for the club at 16 years of age.[4] Leading into his final year of junior football, Hollands was touted as a potential number one draft pick before tearing his ACL and missing the entirety of the 2020 NAB League season.[5] Despite his injury, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with pick 7 in the 2020 AFL draft.[6]
Hollands made his AFL debut in QClash 23 against the Brisbane Lions in round 19 of the 2022 AFL season and kicked two goals in his first game, including a goal with his first kick.[7] He received a Rising Star Nomination two weeks later in round 21 against, collecting 23 disposals and kicking two goals.[8]
Hollands was traded to following the 2023 AFL season, joining his younger brother Ollie.[9]