Elvis Scott
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Puerto Cortés, Honduras | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2001 | Platense | 62 | (21) |
2001–2002 | Olimpia | ||
2002 | Marathón | 37 | (13) |
2003 | Alianza | ||
2003–2004 | Olimpia | ||
2004–2005 | Universidad | ||
2005–2006 | Motagua | (2) | |
2006–2009 | Changchun Yatai | 65 | (21) |
2008 | → Beijing Guoan (loan) | 19 | (4) |
2009 | Marathón | 3 | (1) |
2010 | Platense | (2) | |
2010 | Necaxa | ||
2011 | Platense | ||
2012 | Juventud Retalteca | 16 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2006 | Honduras | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 May 2013 |
Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈelβis esˈkot]; born 1 August 1978 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran former football striker who last played for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca.
Club career[]
Scott started his career at hometown club Platense before spells at several different teams in the Honduran National League. He also had a season, the 2003 Clausura, in El Salvador with Alianza.[1] He was bought by the Chinese club Changchun Yatai in December 2005, along with his teammate Victor Mena and Olimpia player Samuel Caballero.[2] He returned to Honduras in summer 2009 and was snapped up by Marathón just in time for the 2009 Apertura.[3]
He joined Necaxa from Platense for the 2010 Apertura season[4] but claiming the club owed him money he left them[5] and he returned to Platense in August 2011,[6] but he moved abroad again to play for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca in January 2012.[7] In June 2012 he returned to Platense to seal another contract with the club.[8]
Club career stats[]
Last update: 31 July 2009
Season | Team | Country | Division | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
98/99 | Platense | ![]() |
1 | 12 | 3 |
99/00 | Platense | ![]() |
1 | 34 | 12 |
00/01 | Platense | ![]() |
1 | 16 | 6 |
01/02 | Marathón | ![]() |
1 | ? | 13 |
02/03 | Olimpia | ![]() |
1 | ? | ? |
2003 | Alianza | ![]() |
1 | ? | ? |
03/04 | Olimpia | ![]() |
1 | ? | ? |
04/05 | Olimpia | ![]() |
1 | ? | ? |
05/06 | Motagua | ![]() |
1 | ? | ? |
2006 | Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
1 | 23 | 6 |
2007 | Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
1 | 23 | 12 |
2008 | Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 0 |
2008 | Beijing Guoan | ![]() |
1 | 18 | 4 |
2009 | Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
1 | 15 | 3 |
2009 | Marathón | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 1 |
International career[]
He was a member of Honduras' squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[9]
Scott made his senior debut for Honduras in an August 2000 friendly match against Haiti and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring 1 goal. His second and final international was a February 2006 friendly match against China.
International goals[]
N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 August 2000 | New York City, United States | ![]() |
4–0 | 4–0 | friendly match |
References[]
- ^ Scott se siente libre de culpa – El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
- ^ Elvis Scott y Víctor Mena jugarán en China – Terra (in Spanish)
- ^ Elvis Scott ya entrena con los verdolagas Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Elvis Scott está hecho un “rayo”[permanent dead link] – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Scott pone claro a Necaxa Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Elvis Scott podría jugar en Platense[permanent dead link] – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Henry Martínez pasó al Heredia – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
- ^ Walter Hernández, Jaime Rosales y Elvis Scott entrenan con el Platense Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Elvis Scott – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links[]
- Elvis Scott at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile (in Spanish)
- List of Motagua goalscorers of all-time
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Puerto Cortés
- Association football forwards
- Honduran footballers
- Honduras international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Honduras
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Platense F.C. players
- C.D. Olimpia players
- C.D. Marathón players
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- Hispano players
- F.C. Motagua players
- Changchun Yatai F.C. players
- Beijing Guoan F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Honduran expatriate footballers
- Honduran expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
- Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Guatemala
- Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China