Élton (footballer, born 1988)

Élton Martins da Cruz (born 4 November 1988), or simply Élton, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Riffa Club.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is da Cruz.
Élton
Personal information
Full name Elton Martins da Cruz
Date of birth (1988-11-04) 4 November 1988
Place of birth Belo Horizonte Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 East Riffa
Youth career
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Corinthians
2008 → Profute (loan)
2009 → Teleoptik (loan) 8 (2)
2009 → Taubaté (loan)
2010–2011 Antequera 22 (8)
2011–2012 Puertollano 34 (4)
2012–2013 Espanyol B 16 (3)
2013–2014 Zakho FC
2014 Independiente Medellín 16 (1)
2015 Patriotas 10 (0)
2015–2016 Mérida 23 (2)
2017 Batatais 19 (6)
2017 Londrina 4 (0)
2017 → Cuiabá (loan) 4 (0)
2018 Concórdia 10 (4)
2018 Juventus-SP 0 (0)
2019 Rio Claro 16 (6)
2019– East Riffa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Born in Belo Horizonte,[1] Minas Gerais, Élton played in the youth teams of América (MG) and Atlético Mineiro[2] before joining Corinthians in 2007. While with Corinthians, he would spend most of the time on loan. He was loaned to Profute,[3] before making his first move abroad, to Serbia, as he was loaned on February 5, 2009, to FK Teleoptik. He made 8 appearances and scored 2 goals during the second half of the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade season.[4] Playing along compatriots Washington Santana da Silva, Alex dos Santos Gonçalves and Jefferson Madeira, they helped Teleoptik to finish 2nd in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade, one of Serbian 3rd tiers, thus earning promotion to the 2009–10 Serbian First League.[5]

After playing in Serbian second level, he returned to Brazil, however he would be loaned again, this time to Taubaté where he will play in the Série B of the Campeonato Paulista until the end of 2009.[2]

In 2010, he left Corinthians and moved to Spain, where after playing one season with Antequera CF[6] and another with CD Puertollano, he joined in summer 2012 RCD Espanyol B.[1] Next he spent a season playing in Iraq with Zakho FC.[7]

In early summer, 2014, he started practicing with Independiente Medellín of Colombian Liga Postobón, and the Managerof the club, Hernán Torres, said he was impressed with his skills. He would be the 6th new player for the club for the Liga Postobón 2014-II season starting in late summer, 2014.

References
  1. Elton Martins da Cruz at Soccerway
  2. Taubaté recebe mais dois jogadores para a seqüência da Série B Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Taubate unofficial website
  3. TRANSFERÊNCIAS PARA O EXTERIOR – 2009 /CBF copy of former official export list by CBF (in Portuguese)
  4. Elton at Srbijafudbal
  5. FK Teleoptik profile at srbijafudbal.com
  6. Elton at lapreferente.com
  7. Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League at RSSSF

External sources
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