Eliel Henrique dos Santos (born 6 January 1969), simply known as Eliel, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a

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and

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Career

A player with great vision of the game and a finisher, Eliel joined São Paulo in 1990. Due to strong competition, he was loaned to Japanese football, and later to Botafogo where he won the CONMEBOL Cup. He played for several other teams in Brazil, Asia and Europe. After retiring as a player, he went to work in football in Saudi Arabia.

Honours

;São Paulo * Campeonato Brasileiro:

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Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

;Botafogo *

Copa CONMEBOL The Copa CONMEBOL () was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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