Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz (; born 1 August 1978) is a Honduran former

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striker. He last played for the

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football club from

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Club career

Scott began his career at his hometown club Platense before playing for several teams in the Honduran National League. He spent the 2003 Clausura season in El Salvador with Alianza. In December 2005, he was signed by Chinese club

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, along with his teammate Victor Mena and Olimpia player

Samuel Caballero Jorge Samuel Caballero Álvarez (; born 24 December 1974) is a retired Honduran football defender. He currently is the president of Honduran national league club Deportes Savio. Club career Caballero began his career with hometown club Depor ...

. He returned to Honduras in the summer of 2009 and was signed by Marathón just in time for the 2009 Apertura. He joined

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from Platense for the 2010 Apertura season but claiming the club owed him money he left them and he returned to Platense in August 2011, but he moved abroad again to play for Guatemalan side

in January 2012. In June 2012 he returned to Platense to seal another contract with the club.

Club career stats

Last update: 31 July 2009

International career

He was a member of Honduras' squad at the

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. Scott made his senior debut for

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in an August 2000

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against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring 1 goal. His second and final international was a February 2006 friendly match against

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International goals

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Elvis 1978 births Living people Footballers from Puerto Cortés Men's association football forwards Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Honduras Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Platense F.C. players C.D. Olimpia players C.D. Marathón players Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers Comayagua F.C. players F.C. Motagua players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Chinese Super League players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China