Chupe (footballer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salvador and the second or maternal family name is Elá.
Chupe
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Salvador Elá
Date of birth9 May 1980
Place of birthMongomo, Equatorial Guinea
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Hougang United
Number10
Youth career
Los Molinos
Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2000Real Madrid C
2000–2001→ Alcorcón (loan)33(16)
2001–2004Real Madrid B59(3)
2004–2005Las Palmas2(0)
2005Puertollano10(0)
2006Rayo Vallecano
2006Leganés7(0)
2007Chiasso6(1)
2007–2008Vera40(15)
2009Binéfar
2009–2010Noja36(25)
2010Leioa2(0)
2010–2012Noja34(18)
2012–2013Kazincbarcikai29(7)
2014Happy Valley Reserves2(2)
2014Tai Po6(6)
2014Lane Xang6(8)
2015–Hougang United3(1)
National team
2003Equatorial Guinea2(0)
2011–Equatorial Guinea B1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francisco Salvador Elá (born 9 May 1980), commonly known as Chupe, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Singaporean club Hougang United FC as a striker.

Club career

Born in Mongomo, Chupe spent 13 years as a senior in Spanish football safe for a very brief spell in Switzerland with FC Chiasso, but never competed in higher than Segunda División B. He spent several seasons associated with Real Madrid but only appeared officially with its C and B-teams, even though main squad manager Vicente del Bosque registered him in one UEFA Champions League list as a youth system player.[1]

Other than the Merengues Chupe represented in the country AD Alcorcón, UD Las Palmas, UD Puertollano, Rayo Vallecano, CD Leganés, CD Vera de Almería, CD Binéfar, SD Noja (two spells)[2][3] and SD Leioa.[4] In 2012–13, at age 32, he made his debuts as a professional, representing Kazincbarcikai SC in Hungary's second level.[5]

In December 2013, after a brief trial in Cambodia with Phnom Penh Crown FC,[6] Chupe moved to Hong Kong with Happy Valley AA.

International career

Chupe gained two caps for Equatorial Guinea, both coming in 2003 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Togo: he made his debut on 11 October in the 1–0 home win in Bata (1–2 aggregate loss).

Personal life

Chupe's younger brother, Gregorio, is also a footballer. A defender, he spent his entire career in Spanish amateur football.

References

  1. ↑ Un internacional en La Caseta (An international in La Caseta); El Diario Montañés, 20 May 2011 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Chupe y Pablo Ríos se incorporán a la disciplina del Noja (Chupe and Pablo Ríos to join Noja); Fútbol de Cantabria, 4 September 2009 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ David Moreno y Francisco Salvador 'Chupe' reforzarán al Noja esta temporada (David Moreno and Francisco Salvador 'Chupe' will strengthen Noja this season); El Diario Montañés, 19 November 2010 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ 'Chupe', un fichaje de Champions para el Leioa de David Movilla ('Chupe', Champions signing for David Movilla's Leioa); El Mundo, 31 July 2010 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Elkezdtek erősíteni Kazincbarcikán is; Rangado, 18 July 2012 (Hungarian)
  6. ↑ Chupe makes his mark; Kingdom of Football, 22 November 2013

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