Élio Martins

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Élio Martins

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Machico, Portugal

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1996–2004

| youthclubs1 = Machico

| years1 = 2004–2008

| clubs1 = Machico

| caps1 = 46

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2008–2009

| clubs2 = Chaves

| caps2 = 21

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2009–2012

| clubs3 = Beira-Mar

| caps3 = 54

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2010

| clubs4 = → Doxa (loan)

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2012–2014

| clubs5 = Beroe

| caps5 = 37

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2014–2016

| clubs6 = Сокол Обручище

| caps6 = 57

| goals6 = 18

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = Akhaa Ahli

| caps7 = 20

| goals7 = 11

| years8 = 2017

| clubs8 = PS TIRA

| caps8 = 21

| goals8 = 11

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = Bhayangkara

| caps9 = 10

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = União Madeira

| caps10 = 8

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2019–2021

| clubs11 = Machico

| caps11 = 13

| goals11 = 5

| totalcaps = 295

| totalgoals = 66

}}

Élio Bruno Teixeira Martins (born 26 March 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who plays for as a forward.

Club career

Martins was born in Machico, Madeira. After years of playing in the lower leagues, especially with hometown club A.D. Machico, he reached the professionals in 2009–10, scoring six goals in 27 games as S.C. Beira-Mar promoted to the Primeira Liga as champions. After spending the first part of the 2010–11 campaign on loan to Cypriot team Doxa Katokopias FC he returned for a further two seasons in the top division, being all but played as a substitute.

On 27 June 2012, Martins signed with PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, on a three-year contract.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=279799|title=Берое подписа с португалски нападател|trans-title=Beroe signed with Portuguese striker|publisher=Gong.bg|language=Bulgarian|date=27 June 2012|accessdate=27 June 2012}} In his first season he netted seven times in the Bulgarian Cup, including a brace in the final against PFC Levski Sofia: the match finished in a 3–3 draw, but Beroe won 3–1 on penalties.

Martins returned to his country in the summer of 2014, netting a career-best 14 goals in his first season at C.F. União to help them return to top flight after two decades. On 24 April 2017, the 32-year old left Lebanon's Akhaa Ahli Aley FC and joined PS TIRA from the Liga 1 (Indonesia) on a one-year deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2017/04/24/34883302/ps-tni-rekrut-striker-portugal-sebagai-marquee-player|title=PS TNI rekrut striker Portugal sebagai 'marquee player'|trans-title=PS TNI sign Portuguese striker as marquee player|publisher=Goal|language=Indonesian|date=24 April 2017|accessdate=24 April 2017}}