Ely Thadeu Bravin Rangel (born 12 August 1982), commonly known as Ely Thadeu, is a Brazilian football forward.

Club career

He was born in

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. He started his career in 1995 when he was aged 12 and when he passed a trial at

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and joined their youth team. Since then, he will pass through all the youth teams of the club,Ely Thadeu quer ser titular em 2002
at netvasco.com, 21-11-2001 before making his senior debut with Vasco first team in 2001, as the attacking partner of his idol, Romario. He became the first option after the injury of Euller and he grabbed the chance by scoring two goals in his first five matches in the Brasileirão. Because of his speed, during his early career he was nicknamed ''Filho do Vento'' (son of the wind) and by this time it was changed to ''Torpedo'' by his coach

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. In 2004 Vasco loaned him to Olaria and in 2005 to Baraúnas."Lembra dele no Vasco?" – Ely Thadeu
at saojanuario.net, 27-6-2009 While with Vasco, he played a total of 67 matches and had scored 12 goals in the national and state championships. His senior debut was on 21 January 2001, in a

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match against Madureira, and his first official goal for Vasco happened one week later when he scored the opening goal in the 2–1 victory over Frigurguense, also for the Carioca state championship. In summer 2006 he left Vasco and decided to move abroad and join

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. With them he won the

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and played in the

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and

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qualifiers. In early 2008 he returned to Brazil and had a short spell with Democrata before moving back to the Brasileirão by joining

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in their first season ever in the Brazilian top-flight in April that year. However, after playing in the opening match of the season he ended dismissed by the club. During 2009 he played with

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. While playing with Democrata, in April 2010 he was accused of testing positive for

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in a doping test and was suspended, however in 2011 he was back to competition. In August 2011 he signed with lower league club Capixaba. In 2012, he joined Guarani playing in the

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but during that same year he moved to

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playing in the

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.Ely Thadeu
at Soccerway

International career

He has represented Brazil at U-17 and

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levels. He was part of the Brazil team at the 1998

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, and he was called to be part of Brazil squad for the

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however because of an injury he did not travelled to New Zealand. In 2000, he was part of Brazil U-20 and that same year he won the tournament in China of the category.Profile and career story
at sidneijferreira.blogspot.pt

Honours

;Vasco da Gama *

: 2003 ;Baraúnas *

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: 2006 ;Red Star Belgrade *

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: 2006–07 *

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;Guarani-MG *

: 2012

Trivia

He is mostly known in Brazil as Ely Thadeu, although he is sometimes also referred to as Ely Tadeu.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thadeu, Ely 1982 births Living people People from Vila Velha Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards CR Vasco da Gama players Olaria Atlético Clube players Democrata Futebol Clube players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Red Star Belgrade footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Villa Nova Atlético Clube players Esporte Clube Democrata players Sportspeople from Espírito Santo