Elano Blumer

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Personal information
Elano
Full name	Elano Blumer
Date of birth	June 14, 1981
Place of birth	Iracemápolis, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	174 cm
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	36
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-2000 2000 2001-2005 2005-	Guarani Internacional Santos Shakhtar Donetsk	131 (33) 42 (14)
National team**
2004-	Brazil	7 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2006 (UTC).

Elano Blumer (born June 14, 1981 in Iracemápolis, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He plays attacking midfielder with FC Shakhtar Donetsk and with the Brazilian national team. Elano became the first player from Ukrainian Premier League in the history of Brazil national team, when he was called up for the Brazil vs. Norway game on August 16, 2006.

1 Clubs
2 National team
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Clubs

2001 – 02/2005 : Santos Futebol Clube (Brazil)
02/2005 – 2006 : FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

[edit] National team

He has 7 caps with the Brazilian national team, the first one in January, 2004. He scored his first two international goals in the September 2006 friendly win against Argentina on the 3rd of September. Carlos Dunga, current Brazilian national coach, described Elano as the key player for the national team, who will represent Dunga's ideas about creating a perfect balance from defence to attack with intelligent movement of the ball.