Élio Martins

Élio Martins
Personal information
Full name Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins
Date of birth (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Machico, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2004 Machico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Machico 46 (1)
2008–2009 Chaves 21 (2)
2009–2012 Beira-Mar 54 (6)
2010Doxa (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2014 Beroe 37 (7)
2014–2016 Сокол Обручище 57 (18)
2016–2017 Akhaa Ahli 20 (11)
2017 PS TIRA 21 (11)
2018 Bhayangkara 10 (3)
2019 União Madeira 8 (2)
2019–2021 Machico 13 (5)
Total 295 (66)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins (born 26 March 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who plays for as a forward.

Club career

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Martins was born in Machico, Madeira. After years of playing in the lower leagues, especially with hometown club A.D. Machico, he reached the professionals in 2009–10, scoring six goals in 27 games as S.C. Beira-Mar promoted to the Primeira Liga as champions. After spending the first part of the 2010–11 campaign on loan to Cypriot team Doxa Katokopias FC he returned for a further two seasons in the top division, being all but played as a substitute.

On 27 June 2012, Martins signed with PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, on a three-year contract.[1] In his first season he netted seven times in the Bulgarian Cup, including a brace in the final against PFC Levski Sofia: the match finished in a 3–3 draw, but Beroe won 3–1 on penalties.

Martins returned to his country in the summer of 2014, netting a career-best 14 goals in his first season at C.F. União to help them return to top flight after two decades. On 24 April 2017, the 32-year old left Lebanon's Akhaa Ahli Aley FC and joined PS TIRA from the Liga 1 (Indonesia) on a one-year deal.[2]

Honours

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Beira-Mar

Beroe

References

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  1. ^ "Берое подписа с португалски нападател" [Beroe signed with Portuguese striker] (in Bulgarian). Gong.bg. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. ^ "PS TNI rekrut striker Portugal sebagai 'marquee player'" [PS TNI sign Portuguese striker as marquee player] (in Indonesian). Goal. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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