Elías Molina-Prados García-Navas (born 16 February 1982), simply known as Elías, is a Spanish former footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.
Club career Born in Herencia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Elías joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 1995, aged 13. He made his senior debuts in the 2000–01 campaign with Atlético Aviación, the club's farm team.
In the 2001 summer Elías moved to CD Numancia in Segunda División. He played his first match as a professional on 26 August 2001, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 home draw against UD Salamanca.Tablas en Soria (Draw in Soria); El Mundo Deportivo, 27 August 2001
After appearing in 23 matches in 2001–02, Elías was never utilized in the following season and moved to RCD Mallorca in January 2003, being assigned to the reserves in the third level. After a short loan stint at CD Logroñés, he moved to another reserve team, Albacete Balompié B in Tercera División.
On 26 February 2005 Elías made his first team – and La Liga – debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against RCD Espanyol; it was his maiden appearance in the competition.Los pericos ganan y se acuestan en Champions (The pericos win and draws near Champions); Diario AS, 27 February 2005
Elías resumed his career in the third and fourth levels in the following seasons, representing FC Cartagena, SD Ponferradina, Lorca Deportiva CF,El jugador herenciano Elias, ficha por el Lorca Deportiva C.F. (Herencia-born player Elias, signs for Lorca Deportiva C.F.); Herencia, 20 July 2008 UB Conquense, Burgos CF,Elias refuerza al BCF (Elias bolsters BCF) ; Burgos' official website, 4 August 2011 Manzanares CF (two stints),Elías Molina paga en el campo su deuda con el Manzanares (Elías Molina pays his doubt with Manzanares on the field); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 22 March 2013 Elías, Agus y Rodri, del Gimnástico de Alcázar, fichan por el Manzanares CF (Elías, Agus and Rodri, from Gimnástico de Alcázar, sign for Manzanares CF); Manzanares, 21 January 2014 CF Gimnástico AlcázarEl Gimnástico de Alcázar llega a un acuerdo con Elías Molina (Gimnástico de Alcázar reaches agreement with Elías Molina); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 27 July 2013 and CP Cacereño.El Cacereño incorpora a Elías Molina (Cacereño signs Elías Molina); Vavel, 1 August 2014
International career Elías played for Spain in all youth levels. He won the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in 1999, hosted in Czech Republic, and scored the last of a 4–1 routing against Poland in the tournament's final match.
Elías also appeared with the under-17's at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, hosted in New Zealand, and with the under-18's at the 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
References
External links Official website