Elton Pereira Gomes (born 12 July 1988), known as Elton Calé, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Kosovan club Gjilani.

Career

Early career

Calé began his football career with

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in 2005, before moving to

Desportivo Brasil Desportivo Brasil Participações Ltda., commonly referred to as Desportivo Brasil, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Porto Feliz, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of t ...

the next year. In 2006 Calé trained at Adelaide United, as

's partner Miami FC signed a partnership agreement with the Australian club. He then moved to

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for the 2007

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

. In May, he was signed by

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until the end of

2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2007, namely the second division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 teams. The tournament started in May, and reached its end on November 24. The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other ...

. In January 2008 he left for Ituano until the end of

2008 Campeonato Paulista The 2008 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 107th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional association football league. The competition began on January 16 and ended on May 4. Palmeiras won ...

and extended his contract in June. After Ituano was eliminated from the

2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C In 2008, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 64 clubs, four of which qualified to the Série B. For the second time in history, Atlético Goianiense were crowned Série C champions. Fol ...

, Calé was transferred to São Bento. In January 2009, his contract was extended until the end of the 2009 Campeonato Paulista Série A2. In April, he was released and played a few games for

at the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.

European career

In July 2009 he was loaned to Portuguese side

Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

, thus making his first

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an move. Calé left for

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

in July 2010 in another loan. Calé played the whole 2010–2011 season at

, making a total of 27 appearances for the club, and scoring one goal. He then signed a contract with

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n side

Gazovik Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 197 ...

, where he made 21 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 2011–2012 season. Calé then returned to

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, signing a contract with

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. He made a total of 21 appearances for the

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-based club, scoring one goal. In 2013, Calé moved on to fellow Portuguese club Tondela, where he played in 30 matches and scored 4 goals. In 2014, he signed a contract with fellow Segunda Liga contender União Madeira, and helped the club gain promotion to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

with 23 appearances and 4 goals. On 23 January 2015, Calé left

and moved to Greek Superleague club

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. He managed to score his first goal for the club on his debut, in a 1–2 away victory vs. fellow

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club

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. The following season, Calé played with

in the

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, after the club was relegated at the end of the 2014–2015 season. However, as the club faced unbearable financial issues and failed to pay players' wages for months, Calé left

in December 2015, and was practically considered to be out of the team. After

officially withdrew from professional competitions in January 2016, Calé was released from his contract with the club and subsequently signed with local rival OFI, playing in the

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, the third tier of the

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. He left OFI to rejoin

in the

in August 2016. He terminated his contract with the club on mutual consent in January 2017 and joined

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club

FK Kukësi Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Zeqir Ymeri Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the highest tier of Albanian football. Th ...

Tirana

On 14 June 2019 Calé joined another

club,

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, on a free transfer from

Flamurtari Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, and it is also on ...

. He made his competitive debut for the club on the opening day of the season in a 3–0 win against Luftëtari, starting the game on the left-wing and was replaced by

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in the 56th minute. He registered his first assist later that month in an away game against Vllaznia on 31 August 2019, setting up

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in the 59th minute for the second goal of the game in a 2–0 win that took

to the top of the table. On 19 October 2019 he scored his first goal for the club in a game where he also registered an assist, helping his side win 2–1 against Laçi to take his side to second in the table.

Honours

;Tirana *

: 2019–20

References

External links

Portuguese career
at LPFP.pt
Profile 2
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Traffic Group Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cale, Elton 1988 births Living people Footballers from Piauí Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Desportivo Brasil players Rio Claro Futebol Clube players Avaí FC players Ituano FC players Esporte Clube São Bento players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.F. Os Belenenses players FC Orenburg players Leixões S.C. players C.D. Tondela players C.F. União players Ergotelis F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players FK Kukësi players Flamurtari FC players KF Tirana players SC Gjilani players Liga Portugal 2 players Russian First League players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Kategoria Superiore players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo