Elías Molina

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.

Elías
Personal information
Full name Elías Molina-Prados García-Navas
Date of birth (1982-02-16) 16 February 1982
Place of birth Herencia, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–2001 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Atlético Aviación 11 (0)
2001–2002 Numancia 23 (0)
2002–2004 Mallorca B 29 (1)
2003 → Logroñés (loan) 10 (0)
2004–2005 Albacete B 28 (4)
2004–2005 Albacete 1 (0)
2005–2007 Cartagena 62 (3)
2007–2008 Ponferradina 36 (0)
2008–2009 Lorca Deportiva 29 (2)
2009–2011 Conquense 69 (3)
2011–2012 Burgos 25 (0)
2013 Manzanares 17 (0)
2013–2014 Gimnástico Alcázar 18 (2)
2014 Manzanares 16 (2)
2014–2015 Cacereño 33 (1)
National team
1998 Spain U15 9 (0)
1998–1999 Spain U16 10 (1)
1999 Spain U17 2 (0)
2000–2001 Spain U18 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2015
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Molina-Prados and the second or maternal family name is García-Navas.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Elías resumed his career in the third and fourth levels in the following seasons, representing FC Cartagena, SD Ponferradina, Lorca Deportiva CF,[3] UB Conquense, Burgos CF,[4] Manzanares CF (two stints),[5][6] CF Gimnástico Alcázar[7] and CP Cacereño.[8]

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
  1. Tablas en Soria (Draw in Soria); El Mundo Deportivo, 27 August 2001 (in Spanish)
  2. Los pericos ganan y se acuestan en Champions (The pericos win and draws near Champions); Diario AS, 27 February 2005 (in Spanish)
  3. 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 (in Spanish)
  4. Elias refuerza al BCF (Elias bolsters BCF) Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine; Burgos' official website, 4 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. 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 (in Spanish)
  6. 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 (in Spanish)
  7. El 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 (in Spanish)
  8. El Cacereño incorpora a Elías Molina (Cacereño signs Elías Molina); Vavel, 1 August 2014 (in Spanish)
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