Elías Montes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elías Bladimir Montes Alfaro | ||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Tiburones | ||
| 1996–1999 | Alianza | ||
| 1999–2000 | Boston Bulldogs | 17 | (11) |
| 2001–2002 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 2002–2003 | Alianza | ||
| 2004–2005 | Coca-Cola | 18 | (5) |
| 2006 | Independiente Nacional 1906 | ||
| 2007 | Municipal Limeño | ||
| 2007 | Once Municipal | (17) | |
| 2008–2009 | Atlético Marte | ||
| 2009–2010 | Isidro Metapán | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Marte | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1996–2000 | El Salvador | 32 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 August 2011 | |||
Elías Bladimir Montes Alfaro (born December 25, 1973, in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player.
His position is striker or forward.
Club career[edit]
Montes started his career at Tiburones before joining Salvadoran giants Alianza in 1996. Montes came second in goal scoring in the 1998-99 season when with Alianza FC.[1] He left them to move abroad in 1999 but returned to El Salvador for the 2001-02 season after two seasons in the US with the Boston Bulldogs.[2] On his return at Alianza he was primarily being used as a sub so he left them for a spell at Second Division side Coca-Cola scoring loads of goals[3] and whom he led to the Premier Division.[4]
After switching clubs several times more in the years thereafter he signed for Marte in 2011.
International career[edit]
Montes made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1996 friendly match against Honduras and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 7 goals. He was part of the national football team for the 1998 and 2002 World Cup campaigns and has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 1997[6] and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups.[7]
His final international game was a September 2000 World Cup qualification match against Honduras.
References[edit]
- ^ El Salvador 1998/99 - RSSSF
- ^ Profile[permanent dead link] - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
- ^ Chilena recargada - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
- ^ El Salvador 2004/05 - RSSSF
- ^ Elías Montes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
External links[edit]
- http://www.elgrafico.com/especiales/hg/plata08.html Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Elías Montes at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from San Salvador
- Men's association football forwards
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- Boston Bulldogs (soccer) players
- C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
- C.D. Once Municipal footballers
- C.D. Atlético Marte footballers
- A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers
- Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- USL First Division players