Elías Montiel
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| Full name | Elías Enrique Montiel Ávalos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Pachuca | 45 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mexico U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Mexico U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:17, 12 December 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Elías Enrique Montiel Ávalos (born 7 October 2005) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca.
Club career
Montiel joined the academy of Pachuca in 2019, and worked his way up all their youth categories. He made his senior and professional debut with Pachuca as a substitute in a Liga MX loss to León on 10 July 2023.[1] He won the Bronze Ball award at the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, where Pachuca lost to Real Madrid in the final on 18 December 2024.[2]
International career
In November 2023, Montiel was first called up to the Mexico U18s for a set of friendlies.[3] He was part of the Mexico U20 squad that won the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[4] He was part of the provisional 60-man squad list for the senior Mexico national team for the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 March 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pachuca | 2022–23 | Liga MX | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 23 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | ||
Honours
Pachuca
- CONCACAF Champions Cup: 2024
- FIFA Derby of the Americas: 2024
- FIFA Challenger Cup: 2024
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 2024
Mexico U20
Individual
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup Bronze Ball: 2024
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI: 2024[7]
- IFFHS CONCACAF Youth (U20) Best XI: 2024[8]
References
- ^ "Debuta Almada a futbolista hidalguense: Elías Montiel". Criterio Hidalgo. 10 July 2023.
- ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (18 December 2024). "Quién es Elías Montiel, la joya de 19 años de Pachuca que ganó el Balón de Bronce ante Real Madrid". Olé USA.
- ^ Mediotiempo, Editorial (26 February 2025). "México presentó una Selección Sub-18 muy 'extranjera'". Mediotiempo.
- ^ "Elías Montiel: The New Gem of Pachuca's Philosophy". www.footboom1.com.
- ^ "Elías Montiel sobre su primer llamado a la Selección mexicana mayor: "Es un sueño que desde chico he querido" | Goal.com México". www.goal.com. 15 January 2025.
- ^ Elías Montiel at Soccerway
- ^ "Hodelin, Ochoa, Tsakiris, lead Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship Best XI". Concacaf. 6 August 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS". www.iffhs.com.