Marios Elia (Greek: Μάριος Ηλία; born 14 April 1979 in Nicosia) is a retired Cypriot professional footballer and manager of the restaurant Ivory in Nicosia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marios Elia | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Lythrodontas, Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2014 | APOEL | 176 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | → Doxa Katokopias (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Ethnikos Achna (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 209 | (15) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2011 | Cyprus[1] | 51 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Olympiakos Nicosia (assistant manager) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2011 | |||
Career
editMarios Elia spent almost his entire career playing for APOEL, where he won 7 Championships, 4 Cups, 6 Super Cups and appeared in four official 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches in APOEL's first UEFA Champions League participation. He also appeared in one 2011–12 UEFA Champions League match for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the quarter-finals of the competition. In his last season (2013–14) as a player, APOEL's vice-captain managed to win all the season's trophies in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[2][3] the Cypriot Cup[4][5] and the Cypriot Super Cup,[6][7] retiring as a proud domestic treble winner.
Honours
edit- Cypriot First Division (7) : 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Cypriot Cup (4) : 1998–99, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2013–14
- Cypriot Super Cup (6) : 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
References
edit- ^ "Cyprus - Record International Players". rssf.com. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "AEL vs. APOEL 0-1". Soccerway. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0-2 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "APOEL vs. Ermis 2-0". Soccerway. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "APOEL FC 1-0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "APOEL vs. Apollon 1-0". Soccerway. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
External links
edit- APOEL official profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-08-29)
- Marios Elia at Soccerway
- Marios Elia at National-Football-Teams.com
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