Élio Martins

Élio Martins
Personal information
Full name	Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins
Date of birth	26 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Machico, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1996–2004	Machico
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2008	Machico
2008–2009	Chaves
2009–2012	Beira-Mar
2010	→ Doxa (loan)
2012–2014	Beroe
2014–2016	Сокол Обручище
2016–2017	Akhaa Ahli
2017	PS TIRA
2018	Bhayangkara
2019	União Madeira
2019–2021	Machico
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins (born 26 March 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who plays for as a forward.

Club career

Martins was born in Machico, Madeira. After years of playing in the lower leagues, especially with hometown club A.D. Machico, he reached the professionals in 2009–10, scoring six goals in 27 games as S.C. Beira-Mar promoted to the Primeira Liga as champions. After spending the first part of the 2010–11 campaign on loan to Cypriot team Doxa Katokopias FC he returned for a further two seasons in the top division, being all but played as a substitute.

On 27 June 2012, Martins signed with PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, on a three-year contract.^[1] In his first season he netted seven times in the Bulgarian Cup, including a brace in the final against PFC Levski Sofia: the match finished in a 3–3 draw, but Beroe won 3–1 on penalties.

Martins returned to his country in the summer of 2014, netting a career-best 14 goals in his first season at C.F. União to help them return to top flight after two decades. On 24 April 2017, the 32-year old left Lebanon's Akhaa Ahli Aley FC and joined PS TIRA from the Liga 1 (Indonesia) on a one-year deal.^[2]