Eliseu

Eliseu
Eliseu with Portugal in 2017
Personal information
Full name Eliseu Pereira dos Santos
Date of birth (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983
Place of birth Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Youth career
1994–2001 Marítimo Angra
2001–2002 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Belenenses 52 (3)
2005–2006Varzim (loan) 15 (3)
2007–2009 Málaga 74 (10)
2009–2010 Lazio 2 (0)
2010Zaragoza (loan) 21 (2)
2010–2014 Málaga 116 (9)
2014–2018 Benfica 75 (4)
Total 355 (31)
International career
2004 Portugal U20 2 (1)
2004 Portugal U21 2 (0)
2009 Portugal B 1 (1)
2009–2017 Portugal 29 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner2016 France
FIFA Confederations Cup
2017 Russia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eliseu Pereira dos Santos ComM (born 1 October 1983), known simply as Eliseu (Portuguese pronunciation: [eliˈzew]), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played either as a left-back or left winger.

After starting out at Belenenses, he went on to spend most of his career with Málaga after signing in 2007, appearing in 214 official games and scoring 27 goals in two separate spells. In 2014 he signed with Benfica, with whom he won three consecutive Primeira Liga titles among other major trophies over four seasons.

A full international since 2009, Eliseu was part of the Portugal national squad that won Euro 2016.