Elvis Scott

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Elvis Scott
Personal information
Full name Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz
Date of birth (1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Puerto Cortés, Honduras
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2001 Platense 62 (21)
2001–2002 Olimpia
2002 Marathón 37 (13)
2003 Alianza
2003–2004 Olimpia
2004–2005 Universidad
2005–2006 Motagua (2)
2006–2009 Changchun Yatai 65 (21)
2008Beijing Guoan (loan) 19 (4)
2009 Marathón 3 (1)
2010 Platense (2)
2010 Necaxa
2011 Platense
2012 Juventud Retalteca 16 (2)
International career
2000–2006 Honduras 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 May 2013

Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈelβisesˈkot] ; born 1 August 1978) is a Honduran former football striker who last played for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca.

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Club career

Scott started his career at hometown club Platense before spells at several different teams in the Honduran National League. He also had a season, the 2003 Clausura, in El Salvador with Alianza. [1] He was bought by the Chinese club Changchun Yatai in December 2005, along with his teammate Victor Mena and Olimpia player Samuel Caballero. [2] He returned to Honduras in summer 2009 and was snapped up by Marathón just in time for the 2009 Apertura. [3]

He joined Necaxa from Platense for the 2010 Apertura season [4] but claiming the club owed him money he left them [5] and he returned to Platense in August 2011, [6] but he moved abroad again to play for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca in January 2012. [7] In June 2012 he returned to Platense to seal another contract with the club. [8]

Club career stats

Last update: 31 July 2009

SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
98/99 Platense Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1123
99/00 Platense Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 13412
00/01 Platense Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1166
01/02 Marathón Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1?13
02/03 Olimpia Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1??
2003 Alianza Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1??
03/04 Olimpia Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1??
04/05 Olimpia Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1??
05/06 Motagua Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1??
2006 Changchun Yatai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1236
2007 Changchun Yatai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12312
2008 Changchun Yatai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 140
2008 Beijing Guoan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1184
2009 Changchun Yatai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1153
2009 Marathón Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 131

International career

He was a member of Honduras' squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [9]

Scott made his senior debut for Honduras in an August 2000 friendly match against Haiti and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring 1 goal. His second and final international was a February 2006 friendly match against China.

International goals

N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 August 2000 New York City, United StatesFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 4–04–0 friendly match

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References

  1. Scott se siente libre de culpa – El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  2. Elvis Scott y Víctor Mena jugarán en China – Terra (in Spanish)
  3. Elvis Scott ya entrena con los verdolagas Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  4. Elvis Scott está hecho un “rayo” [ permanent dead link ] – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  5. Scott pone claro a Necaxa Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  6. Elvis Scott podría jugar en Platense [ permanent dead link ] – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  7. Henry Martínez pasó al Heredia – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  8. Walter Hernández, Jaime Rosales y Elvis Scott entrenan con el Platense Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  9. Elvis Scott FIFA competition record (archived)