Marios Elia (Greek: Μάριος Ηλία; born April 14, 1979, in Nicosia) is a retired Cypriot professional footballer and manager of the restaurant Ivory in Nicosia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marios Elia | ||
Date of birth | (1979-04-14) April 14, 1979 (age 43) | ||
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) | |
National team‡ | |||
2003–2011 | Cyprus[1] | 51 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2016 | Olympiakos Nicosia (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2011 |
Marios 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.
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