Elicarlos Souza Santos (born 8 July 1985 in

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), simply known as Elicarlos, is a Brazilian

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as a defensive midfielder for

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Career

Elicarlos began his career with

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, starting in the youth team before being promoted to the first-team in 2006. He wasn't with the first-team of Porto long as he agreed to join Náutico on loan for two seasons, he scored once in 34 league matches for Náutico before returning to his parent club. Months after his loan spell at Náutico had ended, Elicarlos was on the move again as he joined Cruzeiro permanently. 33 appearances and one goal followed for him at Cruzeiro, during his time with the club he won the

2008 Campeonato Mineiro The 2008 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 94th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on May 4. Cruzeiro won the title for the 35th time. Participating team ...

and the

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while also making his continental debut in the

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. In 2011, he rejoined former loan club Náutico on a full-time contract. His second debut for the club came against Elicarlos' first club, Porto, in the

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. He subsequently made 17 appearances in the aforementioned competition. He went on to make a total of 122 league appearances for Náutico whilst scoring 7 goals. He remained with the club between 2011 and 2016, a spell that included a loan move to Chapecoense, before departing to join

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where he was assigned the number 85 shirt. His Figueirense debut came in the

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against

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Honours

;Cruzeiro *

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(2):

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