Elías Bladimir Montes Alfaro (born December 25, 1973, in

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) is a Salvadoran professional

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player. His position is striker or forward.

Club career

Montes started his career at

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before joining Salvadoran giants Alianza in 1996. Montes came second in goal scoring in the 1998-99 season when with Alianza FC. He left them to move abroad in 1999 but returned to El Salvador for the 2001-02 season after two seasons in the US with the Boston Bulldogs. On his return at Alianza he was primarily being used as a sub so he left them for a spell at Second Division side

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scoring loads of goals and whom he led to the Premier Division. After switching clubs several times more in the years thereafter he signed for Marte in 2011.

International career

Montes made his debut for

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in an August 1996

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against

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and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 7 goals. He was part of the national football team for the 1998 and 2002 World Cup campaigns and has represented his country in 10

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matches and played at the

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and

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- RSSSF His final international game was a September 2000 World Cup qualification match against

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*http://www.elgrafico.com/especiales/hg/plata08.html * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montes, Elias Bladimir 1973 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers Alianza F.C. footballers Boston Bulldogs (soccer) players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers C.D. Atlético Marte footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States USL First Division players