Eliseu Biography, Net Worth, Market Value, Age and Many More

Eliseu Pereira dos Santos, the Portuguese national footballer who is commonly known as just Eliseu, is a member of S.L. Benfica, and plays either as a left back or a left winger. His powerful striking capability is extremely impressive.

Eliseu Biography

Eliseu started his career at Belenenses, and joined Málaga in 2007, spending most of his career there, with 27 goals in 224 official matches for the team in two separate spells. He joined Benfica in 2014 and helped the team win three Primeira Liga titles back to back, along with other notable titles. Having been part of the Portuguese team since 2009, he represented the team that earned the Euro 2016 title.

Eliseu Biography, Net Worth, Awards, Age and Many More

Eliseu Marítimo Angra Career

In 1994, The player joined Sport Clube Marítimo de Angra do Heroísmo, based in his hometown Angra do Heroísmo in Azores. He was associated with them till 2001 during his earliest phase of the youth career.

Eliseu Belenenses Career

He joined the youth team of C.F. Os Belenenses, based in Lisbon, in 2001, and he moved to the mainland of Portugal in 2002, when he became part of the senior team of Belenenses, gradually breaking into the first team, and appearing in 19 matches of Primeira Liga in the second season. He was a loaned to Varzim S.C. for Segunda Liga, with whom he made 3 goals in 16 appearances, and then returned to Belenenses, where he was considered relatively important as an attacking player, though he was mostly used as a substitute. He stayed with the team till 2007, scoring 3 goals in 52 appearances.

Eliseu Biography, Net Worth, Awards, Age and Many More

Eliseu Málaga Career                              

In 2007, the Portuguese joined Málaga CF, and helped them make a La Liga comeback after an absence of two years, forming a successful trio with Paulo Jorge and Hélder Rosário, his countrymen. The trio together made 6 goals in 108 games, with Eliseu scoring 3 alone. In the next season, he remained a first choice, and scored his first major Spanish goals in a 4–0 victory over Recreativo de Huelva in October 2008. In November, he scored in a 3–4 loss to Real Madrid.

After spending 2009-2010 at Lazio and being loaned out to Zaragoza in 2010, He returned to Málaga as a firmly established member of the starting squad. In September 2010, a goal from a distance of 25 m against Villarreal, but was sent off minutes later for headbutting Carlos Marchena, and his team lost. However, the suspension was lifted, and he appeared in the following fixture, but was again sent off after he elbowed Juan Manuel Ortiz. The match ended in a draw.

He netted a volley in a 4–1 victory over Racing de Santander in December 2010, and provided Salomón Rondón with two assists. After Manuel Pellegrini replaced Jesualdo Ferreira in the team, he mostly played as a left back. Eliseu was mostly seen as a midfielder at Nacho Monreal. In October 2012, his brace led to a victory over Anderlecht for the group stage in Champions League, with the first shot being made from 20 m and the following being a lob over the keeper.

Eliseu Biography, Net Worth, Awards, Age and Many More

Eliseu Lazio Career

Eliseu signed with Lazio in 2009 for an exact amount of €1 million. But, he received a couple of more opportunities, and was to Real Zaragoza in January the next year. He made a goal only in his second match, though his team lost to Villarreal. His contribution helped Zaragoza avoid relegation, and he scored in his last match, as he sent a free kick into the box from a distance of 35 yards, though the match ended in a 3-3 draw. He helped Lazio win the 2009 Supercoppa Italiana title.

Eliseu Benfica Career

In July 2014, the player joined S.L. Benfica, and though the signing fee remained undisclosed, it was rumoured to be €1.5 million. It was a deal of two years on, with an option for a further extension for another year. Here, he got to reunite with Jorge Jesus, the former coach of Belenenses. Eliseu officially debuted in August 2014, and played as a left back for 120 minutes against Rio Ave for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

He hit his first goal for this team from outside the box, leading his team to win the match against Boavista FC. His second was in September, and it was also in the same league, as he struck from 30 m and led his team to victory over Moreirense FC. In February 2015, he again scored a long distance goal against Moreirense, and led to an away win in the league. With Eliseu as part of the team, Benfica has so far won:

1. Primeira Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
2. Taça de Portugal: 2016–17
3. Taça da Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16
4. Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2014, 2016, 2017

Eliseu Biography, Net Worth, Awards, Age and Many More

Eliseu Portugal Career

He joined the U-20 team of Portugal in 2004. Then, after his impressive Málaga performances, he got called to join the Portugal first team and play in an exhibition match against Finland in February. However, he stayed on the bench during the match, and finally debuted in June, in a friendly against Estonia. Though he was not on the provisional list of 24 players for the World Cup 2010, Eliseu was on the backup list. His first international shot came in an October 2011 game that ended in a 5–3 loss of Iceland for the qualifiers of Euro 2012, in which he made two assists as a left back. Eliseu did not appear in any Portugal match in 2012 and 2013. Fernando Santos, the manager of the team, chose him for Euro 2016. Portugal’s conquests with Elseu on the team so far include:

1. UEFA European Championship: 2016
2. FIFA Confederations Cup: Third place 2017

Eliseu Early Years

He was born and brought up in Azores’s Angra do Heroísmo. His mother, Néné Pereira, was a restaurant owner from Cape Verde, and his father, an ambulance driver in Portugal. They separated when the player was still a teenager. He has a sister named Anabela Pereira

Eliseu Market Value

As of February 2018, Eliseu’s market value is £450,000. His highest value was £4.95 million in 2009, when he was still with Maglaga.