Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | September 7, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Saigon Port | ||
2008–2009 | Hải Phòng | ||
2010–2011 | Bình Dương | ||
2012 | TPHCM | ||
2013 | SHB Vientiane | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Elenildo de Jesus (born 9 July 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He was born in 1979 in Brazil and grew up poor. [1] He played street football in Brazil. [2]
He started his V-League career with Vietnamese side Saigon Port. [3] He was top scorer of the 2006 V-League with eighteen goals and was named as the best foreign player of the year. [4] During the 2007 season, he scored fourteen league goals. [5] Before the 2008 season, he signed for Vietnamese side Hải Phòng, where he stayed for two seasons. [6] He has been in the all-time top ten strikers with the most goals in the V-League with sixty goals. [7] In 2013, he signed for Laotian side SHB Vientiane. [8]
He mainly operated as a striker and was known for his agility and speed. [9]
After retiring from professional football, he lived with his family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [10]