Elías Montes

Elías Montes
Personal information
Full name Elías Bladimir Montes Alfaro
Date of birth (1973-12-25) December 25, 1973 (age 50)
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)
*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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ El Salvador 1998/99 - RSSSF
  2. ^ Profile[permanent dead link] - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Chilena recargada - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Salvador 2004/05 - RSSSF
  5. ^ Elías MontesFIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
  7. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
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