Eliseo Falcón Falcón (born 11 February 1997), simply known as Eliseo, is a Spanish professional

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who plays for Mérida as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Eliseo joined

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

's youth setup in 2012, from Calavera CF. On 2 December 2015 he signed his first professional contract, running until 2017. Eliseo made his senior debut for the reserves on 1 May 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–0 away win against

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in the

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championship. He made his professional debut on 12 November, replacing Yan Brice in a 1–0

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home win against the latter's first team. On 10 July 2017 Eliseo moved to another

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, Granada CF B in the third division. On 16 July 2019, he joined fellow league team

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after being sparingly used by the ''Nazarís''. Eliseo made his

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– and

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– debut on 7 December 2019, starting and being

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in a 2–4 home loss against

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. The following 9 October, he returned to Sevilla and their B-team, still in the third tier.

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