Élder Alencar Machado de Campos (born 19 July 1976), known as Élder Campos or just Élder, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of

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' under-17 team.

Club career

Born in

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, Élder played for and Novorizontino as a youth. In 1995, after winning the 1994 Série C with the latter, he moved to

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. On 15 August 1996, after playing the

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back at Novorizontino, Élder signed for

. Despite being regularly used in the following years, he was unable to establish himself as an undisputed starter, and was loaned to Juventude on 23 April 1999. Back to Santos for the 2000 season, Élder featured in two matches before moving to

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also on loan on 16 March of that year. In August, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for Giannina in Greece. Back to Brazil, Élder spent a short period at Guarani before returning to Juventude for the 2002 campaign. In January 2003, he returned to Greece with

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, but was rarely used and moved to Portuguesa. Élder began the 2004 season at

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, but moved to

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after playing in just one Série A match during the year. He left the latter in 2005, and spent a short period at

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before joining Hungarian side Lombard-Pápa. Élder returned to his home country in 2007, signing for Juventus-SP. In December 2008, he moved to Santa Cruz, before joining

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in the January 2010 and subsequently retiring after winning the

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International career

In 1995, Élder played in the

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for the Brazil national under-20 team.

Coaching career

After retiring, Élder became the head coach of

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's under-15 team in 2013. In September 2015, he moved to

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as the head coach of the under-11s, being later in charge of the under-15s and under-17s. On 2 June 2020, after starting the year in charge of the under-20 team, Élder was announced as head coach of the first team of Portuguesa Santista. On 16 September, after three losses in as many matches, he was sacked. On 20 October 2020, Élder returned to Santos as head coach of the under-17 squad. In July of the following year, he became an assistant of the under-20s, before being named head coach of the category in December ahead of the 2022

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. In March 2022, Élder returned to the under-17 side of ''Peixe'', after the arrival of Orlando Ribeiro in the under-20s.

Career statistics

Coaching statistics

Honours

Player

Novorizontino *

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Santos * Torneio Rio-São Paulo:

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Red Bull Brasil *

: 2010

Coach

Santos *: 2024

References

External links

Profile and statistics @ Conteudo Esportivo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Elder 1976 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Super League Greece players Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino players CR Vasco da Gama players Santos FC players Esporte Clube Juventude players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players PAS Giannina F.C. players Guarani FC players Athens Kallithea F.C. players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Sport Club do Recife players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Pápai FC footballers Clube Atlético Juventus players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Red Bull Bragantino II players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Brazilian football managers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) managers Santos FC non-playing staff 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen