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Eli Carlos
Personal information
Full name	Eli Carlos Alberto Pereira
Date of birth	19 April 1954
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Date of death	22 May 2020 (aged 66)
Place of death	Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1973	Guarani
1974	Comercial-SP
1975–1976	Coritiba
1977–1980	Cruzeiro
1978	→ Flamengo (loan)
1981	Francana
1982	Coritiba
1982	São José-SP
1983	Matsubara
1984	Ferroviário Itu
1985	Paulista
1986	Palmeiras FC (SJBV)
Managerial career
1988	Guarani
1990	Guarani
1999	Francana
1999–2000	Bragantino
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2024

Eli Carlos Alberto Pereira (19 April 1954 – 22 May 2020), better known as Eli Carlos, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager who played as a forward.

Career

Eli began his career playing for Guarani FC de Campinas, the team with which he created the greatest identification in his career. He also played for Comercial in his hometown, Ribeirão Preto.

With Coritiba, he was state champion in 1975 and 1976, in addition to making 132 appearances and 54 goals for the club in two spells. At Cruzeiro, he became Eli Carlos due to the presence of another player called Eli (Eli Mendes). He won the 1977 Minas Gerais championship, being the competition's top scorer.^[1] He was loaned to Flamengo in 1978, and was part of the state champion squad.^[2]

He ended his career playing for teams in the countryside of São Paulo.^[3]

Managerial career

Eli Carlos had some jobs as a coach, especially at Guarani and Bragantino, and also served as football director at Guarani, Paulista de Jundiaí and Primavera. He was also a sports commentator.^[3]