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Elias

Elias

Defender - Right-Back  at Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO)
Age26
CitizenshipBrazil
Height1.81 m
Footright
BornJuly 16, 1999
at Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 508 days · joined 2025-01-01
👕100+ Apps
Market value €550k
Rating · 2025 5.3 Average
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

6
clubs played for
2017
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO)
top club · 67 apps

Position rank · 2025

#71
goals rank
#190
assists rank
5
season goals
5
season assists

Among 264 Defender - Right-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€550k
peak value · 2024
top transfer fee
2
best season · 2024
int'l / penalties
129Appearances
5Goals
5Assists
25Yellow cards
1Red cards
56Full matches (90′)
Full nameElias
Name in home countryElias Lira Nogueira Júnior
Date of birth1999-07-16 (26 yrs)
Place of birthRecife, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height181.00 m
Current clubVila Nova Futebol Clube (GO)
Joined2025-01-01
Contract expires2026-12-31
AgentVTN IMAGE
Jul 2025
2025 — Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO)
36 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2025
Transfer: Primavera → Vila Nova FC
24/25 · Transfer
Dec 2024
Transfer: Vila Nova FC → Primavera
24/25 · Return from loan
Jul 2024
2024 — Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO)
31 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Apr 2024
Transfer: Primavera → Vila Nova FC
23/24 · Loan
Jan 2024
Transfer: Sport U20 → Primavera
23/24 · Transfer
Nov 2023
Transfer: Figueirense FC → Sport U20
23/24 · Return from loan
Jul 2023
2023 — Figueirense Futebol Clube
28 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Sport U20 → Figueirense FC
22/23 · Loan
Aug 2022
Transfer: Botafogo-PB → Sport Recife
22/23 · Return from loan
Jul 2022
2022 — Botafogo FC, Sport Club do Recife
20 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Mar 2022
Transfer: Sport Recife → Botafogo-PB
21/22 · Loan
Nov 2021
Transfer: Santo André → Sport U20
21/22 · Return from loan
Jul 2021
2021 — Sport Club do Recife, Botafogo FC, EC Santo André
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: Sport U20 → Santo André
20/21 · Loan
Feb 2021
Transfer: Botafogo-PB → Sport U20
20/21 · Return from loan
Nov 2020
Transfer: Sport U20 → Botafogo-PB
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
2020 — Club Athletico Paranaense, Sport Club do Recife, Botafogo FC
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
May 2020
Transfer: Athletico-PR B → Sport U20
19/20 · Return from loan
Jul 2019
2019 — Sport Club do Recife
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
May 2019
Transfer: Sport U20 → Athletico-PR B
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
2018 — Sport Club do Recife
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
2017 — Sport Club do Recife
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €550k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 188 other Defender - Right-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.08/90
31
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A2 total · 0.08/90
7
Yellow cards8 total · 0.32/90
42
5,024 min
Minutes played by club
Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 70.7%
Figueirense Futebol Clube 29.3%
Sport Club do Recife 0.0%
Botafogo FC 0.0%
EC Santo André 0.0%
Club Athletico Paranaense 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 2 2024 2025 67 4 4 3,551
Figueirense Futebol Clube 1 2023 2023 28 1 0 1,473
Sport Club do Recife 6 2017 2022 4 0 1 0
Botafogo FC 3 2020 2022 20 0 0 0
EC Santo André 1 2021 2021 8 0 0 0
Club Athletico Paranaense 1 2020 2020 2 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

23562022 — 1 assists120222023 — 1 goals (Figueirense Futebol Clube)120232024 — 2 goals (Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO))2024 — 4 assists620242025 — 2 goals (Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO))22025GoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

2017: 0020172018: 0020182019: 0020192020: 0020202021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 1120232024: 2220242025: 222025

Assists by season

2017: 0020172018: 0020182019: 0020192020: 0020202021: 0020212022: 1120222023: 0020232024: 4420242025: 002025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Campeonato Goiano Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 10 0 0 3 0 0
2025 Copa do Brasil Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 3 1 0 1 0 264
2025 Série B Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 23 1 0 4 0 1,982
2024 Série B Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 31 2 4 3 0 1,305
2023 Campeonato Catarinense Figueirense Futebol Clube 11 0 0 1 0 0
2023 Série C Figueirense Futebol Clube 17 1 0 6 1 1,473
2022 Campeonato Paraibano Botafogo FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Campeonato Pernambucano Sport Club do Recife 1 0 1 0 0 0
2022 Copa do Nordeste Botafogo FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Copa do Nordeste Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Copa do Nordeste - Fase Final Botafogo FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Série C Botafogo FC 15 0 0 3 0 0
2021 Campeonato Pernambucano Sport Club do Recife 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Copa do Nordeste - Fase Preliminar Botafogo FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Série D EC Santo André 8 0 0 2 0 0
2020 Campeonato Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense 2 0 0 2 0 0
2020 Campeonato Pernambucano Sport Club do Recife 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Série A Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Série C Botafogo FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Série B Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Série A Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Campeonato Pernambucano Sport Club do Recife 1 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Copa do Brasil Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Série A Sport Club do Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
18/19 2019-05-30 Sport U20 Athletico-PR B Loan 0
19/20 2020-05-01 Athletico-PR B Sport U20 Return from loan 0
20/21 2020-11-18 Sport U20 Botafogo-PB Loan 25000
20/21 2021-02-04 Botafogo-PB Sport U20 Return from loan 25000
20/21 2021-06-07 Sport U20 Santo André Loan 25000
21/22 2021-11-14 Santo André Sport U20 Return from loan 25000
21/22 2022-03-11 Sport Recife Botafogo-PB Loan 25000
22/23 2022-08-31 Botafogo-PB Sport Recife Return from loan 25000
22/23 2023-01-12 Sport U20 Figueirense FC Loan 25000
23/24 2023-11-30 Figueirense FC Sport U20 Return from loan 0
23/24 2024-01-15 Sport U20 Primavera Transfer 0
23/24 2024-04-17 Primavera Vila Nova FC Loan 0
24/25 2024-12-31 Vila Nova FC Primavera Return from loan 550000
24/25 2025-01-01 Primavera Vila Nova FC Transfer 550000

No recorded injuries.

Current€550k
Peak€550k
Low
Δ since start+€525k
€138k€275k€413k€550k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €25k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Gabriel Silva 1 0 812
Jemmes 2 0 0
Dênis Júnior 1 0 0
Alesson 2 2 0
Cristiano 1 0 0
Henrique Almeida 2 1 0
Maurício 1 0 0
Gustavo França 1 0 0
Robson Alemão 1 0 0
Rhuan 2 1 0
Bernardo Schappo 1 0 0
Otavio Gut 1 0 0
Andrew 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2024 Série B Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 2 31
2025 Série B Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 1 23
2023 Série C Figueirense Futebol Clube 1 17

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2024 Série B Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO) 4 31
2022 Campeonato Pernambucano Sport Club do Recife 1 1

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2024-12-31 Vila Nova FC Primavera Return from loan €550k
23/24 2024-04-17 Primavera Vila Nova FC Loan
23/24 2023-11-30 Figueirense FC Sport U20 Return from loan
22/23 2023-01-12 Sport U20 Figueirense FC Loan €25k
22/23 2022-08-31 Botafogo-PB Sport Recife Return from loan €25k
21/22 2022-03-11 Sport Recife Botafogo-PB Loan €25k
21/22 2021-11-14 Santo André Sport U20 Return from loan €25k
20/21 2021-06-07 Sport U20 Santo André Loan €25k
20/21 2021-02-04 Botafogo-PB Sport U20 Return from loan €25k
20/21 2020-11-18 Sport U20 Botafogo-PB Loan €25k
19/20 2020-05-01 Athletico-PR B Sport U20 Return from loan
18/19 2019-05-30 Sport U20 Athletico-PR B Loan

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
2017 Senior debut season
2023 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 36 2,246 8 1 0 0.36
2024 31 1,305 3 0 0 0.21
2023 28 1,473 7 0 1 0.49
2022 20 0 3 1 0 0
2021 10 0 2 0 0 0
2020 3 0 2 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Série B
54 apps
3 G
4 A
Copa do Brasil
3 apps
1 G
0 A
Série C
32 apps
1 G
0 A
Campeonato Pernambucano
4 apps
0 G
1 A
Campeonato Goiano
10 apps
0 G
0 A
Campeonato Catarinense
11 apps
0 G
0 A
Série D
8 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Elias

Who is Elias?

Elias is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO).

How old is Elias?

Elias is 26 years old. He was born on July 16, 1999 in Recife.

What position does Elias play?

Elias plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Elias play for?

Elias currently plays for Vila Nova Futebol Clube (GO).

How many career goals has Elias scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Elias has scored 5 goals in 129 appearances.

What is Elias's market value?

Elias's most recent reported market value is €550k.