Elías Molina

Elías

Personal information
Full name	Elías Molina-Prados García-Navas
Date of birth	16 February 1982
Place of birth	Herencia, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cacereño
Youth career
1995–2001	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2001	Atlético Aviación	11	(0)
2001–2002	Numancia	23	(0)
2002–2004	Mallorca B	29	(1)
2003	→ Logroñés (loan)	10	(0)
2004–2005	Albacete B	28	(4)
2004–2005	Albacete	1	(0)
2005–2007	Cartagena	62	(3)
2007–2008	Ponferradina	36	(0)
2008–2009	Lorca Deportiva	29	(2)
2009–2011	Conquense	69	(3)
2011–2012	Burgos	25	(0)
2013	Manzanares	17	(0)
2013–2014	Gimnástico Alcázar	18	(2)
2014	Manzanares	16	(2)
2014–	Cacereño	8	(0)
National team
1998	Spain U15	9	(0)
1998–1999	Spain U16	10	(1)
1999	Spain U17	2	(0)
2000–2001	Spain U18	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2014. † Appearances (goals)

Elías Molina-Prados García-Navas (born 16 February 1982), simply known as Elías, is a Spanish footballer who plays for CP Cacereño. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Herencia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Elías joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 1995, aged 13. He made his senior debuts in the 2000–01 campaign with Atlético Aviación, the club's farm team.

In the 2001 summer Elías moved to CD Numancia in Segunda División. He played his first match as a professional on 26 August 2001, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 home draw against UD Salamanca.^[1]

After appearing in 23 matches in 2001–02, Elías was never utilized in the following season and moved to RCD Mallorca in January 2003, being assigned to the reserves in the third level. After a short loan stint at CD Logroñés, he moved to another reserve team, Albacete Balompié B in Tercera División.

On 26 February 2005 Elías made his first team – and La Liga – debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against RCD Espanyol; it was his maiden appearance in the competition.^[2]

Elías resumed his career in the third and fourth levels in the following seasons, representing FC Cartagena, SD Ponferradina, Lorca Deportiva CF,^[3] UB Conquense, Burgos CF,^[4] Manzanares CF (two stints),^[5][6] CF Gimnástico Alcázar^[7] and CP Cacereño.^[8]

International career

Elías played for Spain in all youth levels. He won the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in 1999, hosted in Czech Republic, and scored the last of a 4–1 routing against Poland in the tournament's final match.

Elías also appeared with the under-17's at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, hosted in New Zealand, and with the under-18's at the 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.

References

1. Tablas en Soria (Draw in Soria); El Mundo Deportivo, 27 August 2001 (Spanish)
2. Los pericos ganan y se acuestan en Champions (The pericos win and draws near Champions); Diario AS, 27 February 2005 (Spanish)
3. El jugador herenciano Elias, ficha por el Lorca Deportiva C.F. (Herencia-born player Elias, signs for Lorca Deportiva C.F.); Herencia, 20 July 2008 (Spanish)
4. Elias refuerza al BCF (Elias bolsters BCF); Burgos' official website, 4 August 2011 (Spanish)
5. Elías Molina paga en el campo su deuda con el Manzanares (Elías Molina pays his doubt with Manzanares on the field); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 22 March 2013 (Spanish)
6. Elías, Agus y Rodri, del Gimnástico de Alcázar, fichan por el Manzanares CF (Elías, Agus and Rodri, from Gimnástico de Alcázar, sign for Manzanares CF); Manzanares, 21 January 2014 (Spanish)
7. El Gimnástico de Alcázar llega a un acuerdo con Elías Molina (Gimnástico de Alcázar reaches agreement with Elías Molina); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 27 July 2013 (Spanish)
8. El Cacereño incorpora a Elías Molina (Cacereño signs Elías Molina); Vavel, 1 August 2014 (Spanish)

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Elías Molina profile at Soccerway