Elias (footballer, born 1981)

Elias
Personal information
Full name	Elias Alves da Silva
Date of birth	4 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Montalvânia, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Grêmio Inhumense
2001–2003	Porto B
2003	Porto
2004	Corinthians Alagoano
2004–2005	Estoril
2005–2006	Gil Vicente
2006–2007	Paços Ferreira
2007–2009	Vitória Setúbal
2009–2010	União Leiria
2010–2011	Portimonense
2011	Ermis
2012–2016	Beroe
2016–2018	Vereya
2019	Haskovo
2019–2020	Yerevan
Total
Managerial career
2018	Vereya (assistant)
2018	Vereya (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2020

Elias Alves da Silva (born 4 September 1981), known simply as Elias, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Armenian club FC Yerevan.

He also held Portuguese citizenship, due to the many years spent in the country. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 167 matches and eight goals during eight seasons, in representation of seven clubs.

Football career

Born in Montalvânia, Minas Gerais, Elias started playing professionally with lowly Grêmio Inhumense. He joined FC Porto in 2001, but played mostly for their reserves during his two-year stint; he appeared once for the first team, featuring the last 13 minutes of a 3–2 home win against Varzim S.C. on 17 May 2003 after taking the place of Clayton.^[1]

In the 2004–05 season, after a brief spell back in his country with Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, Elias moved back to Portugal, successively representing in the Primeira Liga G.D. Estoril Praia, Gil Vicente FC, F.C. Paços de Ferreira, Vitória de Setúbal, U.D. Leiria^[2] and Portimonense SC. With Vitória he won the domestic League Cup, playing the entire penalty shootout win against Sporting CP and converting his attempt.^[3]

On 22 December 2011, Elias joined PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria on a free transfer, signing a one-and-a-half year contract.^[4] He made his league debut on 3 March of the following year, in a 0–3 away loss to PFC Ludogorets Razgrad.

On 2 April 2018, Elias was announced as player-coach of FC Vereya until end of the season, succeeding Blagomir Mitrev.^[5]

On 21 February 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the league due to financial and technical problems.^[6]

Honours

Porto

Primeira Liga: 2002–03

Corinthians Alagoano

Campeonato Alagoano: 2004

Vitória Setúbal

Taça da Liga: 2007–08^[3]

Beroe

References

^ "FC Porto frente ao Varzim: Três golos brilhantes e pronto" [FC Porto against Varzim: Three brilliant goals and that's it]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "U. Leiria: Elias (ex-V. Setúbal) assina por uma época" [U. Leiria: Elias (ex-V. Setúbal) signs for one season] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Vitória de Setúbal é o primeiro vencedor da Taça da Liga" [Vitória de Setúbal are the first winners of the League Cup]. Público (in Portuguese). 22 March 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ "Берое подписа с двама нови играчи" [Beroe signed two new players] (in Bulgarian). STZ News. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
^ "Елиаш Да Силва е новият треньор на Верея" [Elias da Silva is Vereya's new coach] (in Bulgarian). Topsport. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Երևան ՖԱ»-ն այլևս հանդես չի գա ՀՀ Բարձրագույն խմբի 2019/2020 մրցաշրջանում". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

External links

Elias at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Elias at Soccerway

[1] "FC Porto frente ao Varzim: Três golos brilhantes e pronto" [FC Porto against Varzim: Three brilliant goals and that's it]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[2] "U. Leiria: Elias (ex-V. Setúbal) assina por uma época" [U. Leiria: Elias (ex-V. Setúbal) signs for one season] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[LCUP-3] "Vitória de Setúbal é o primeiro vencedor da Taça da Liga" [Vitória de Setúbal are the first winners of the League Cup]. Público (in Portuguese). 22 March 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[4] "Берое подписа с двама нови играчи" [Beroe signed two new players] (in Bulgarian). STZ News. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[5] "Елиаш Да Силва е новият треньор на Верея" [Elias da Silva is Vereya's new coach] (in Bulgarian). Topsport. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[FC_Yerevan_Withdraw-6] "Երևան ՖԱ»-ն այլևս հանդես չի գա ՀՀ Բարձրագույն խմբի 2019/2020 մրցաշրջանում". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

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