Elidiano "Eli" Marques Lima (born 14 March 1982, in

Ibirité Ibirité is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 182,153. History Ibirité was bor ...

) is a Brazilian retired

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played as a right or left wingback, and now manager.

Career

Having played for

Social Futebol Clube Social Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Social, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club from Coronel Fabriciano, founded in 1944. Their home stadium is Louis Ensch Stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people. The club co ...

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, in 2007 he resided in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and joined Bulgarian side

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has a capacity of 9,500. The club last played ...

. After making some very good performances, he was transferred to

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. He scored his first goal for the team after a great long-range shot in an away game against

OFC Sliven 2000 FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Sliven, currently playing in the Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimit ...

. On 29 July 2009, Marques left

and signed a contract with

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

. On 25 November, he scored his first goal for the team against

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas () or simply Chernomorets () was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achievement being a second-place finish in the UEFA Intertoto Cup competitio ...

in a match of the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

. On 26 June 2012, Marques joined

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

. On 11 July, he made his competitive debut for Lokomotiv, coming on as a substitute in the 2012 Supercup match against

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

. Marques also played in the two legs of second qualifying round in the

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against

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. On 6 August 2012, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. A day later, Eli Marques joined Etar 1924. On 14 September 2016, Eli Marques joined

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but was released in December. In January 2017, he returned to

Oborishte Oborishte () is a village located in the Panagyurishte municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria. It is relatively large for the region and has 1,307 inhabitants. Its name until 1950 was ''Mechka'' (Мечка), which in Bulgarian means ...

. In July 2018, Marques joined Pirin Razlog. On 29 December 2019, Marques revealed that he would return to

, this time as a player-assistant coach. New owners arrived and on 1 May 2020, Marques was released.Беласица се разделя с Ели Маркес
sportal.bg, 1 May 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Eli 1982 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Minas Gerais Men's association football midfielders OFC Belasitsa Petrich players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players AEL Limassol players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFK Svetkavitsa 1922 players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players FC Montana players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players FC Oborishte Panagyurishte players PFC Bansko players FC Pirin Razlog players Cypriot First Division players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus People from Ibirité 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen