Elías Montiel
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| Full name | Elías Enrique Montiel Ávalos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Pachuca | 59 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mexico U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Mexico U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Elías Enrique Montiel Ávalos (born 7 October 2005) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca and the Mexico national under-20 team.
Club career
Montiel joined the academy of Pachuca in 2019, and worked his way up all their youth categories. He made his senior and professional debut with Pachuca as a substitute in a Liga MX loss to León on 10 July 2023.[1] He won the Bronze Ball award at the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, where Pachuca lost to Real Madrid in the final on 18 December 2024.[2]
International career
In November 2023, Montiel was first called up to the Mexico U18s for a set of friendlies.[3] He was part of the Mexico U20 squad that won the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[4] He was part of the provisional 60-man squad list for the senior Mexico national team for the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.[5]
In 2025, Montiel was called up by coach Eduardo Arce to represent Mexico at the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Chile.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 March 2025[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pachuca | 2022–23 | Liga MX | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 23 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | ||
Honours
Pachuca
- CONCACAF Champions Cup: 2024
- FIFA Derby of the Americas: 2024
- FIFA Challenger Cup: 2024
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 2024
Mexico U20
Individual
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup Bronze Ball: 2024
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI: 2024[8]
- IFFHS CONCACAF Youth (U20) Best XI: 2024[9]
- Liga MX All-Stars: 2025[10]
References
- ^ "Debuta Almada a futbolista hidalguense: Elías Montiel". Criterio Hidalgo. 10 July 2023.
- ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (18 December 2024). "Quién es Elías Montiel, la joya de 19 años de Pachuca que ganó el Balón de Bronce ante Real Madrid". Olé USA.
- ^ Mediotiempo, Editorial (26 February 2025). "México presentó una Selección Sub-18 muy 'extranjera'". Mediotiempo.
- ^ "Elías Montiel: The New Gem of Pachuca's Philosophy". www.footboom1.com.
- ^ "Elías Montiel sobre su primer llamado a la Selección mexicana mayor: "Es un sueño que desde chico he querido" | Goal.com México". www.goal.com. 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Convocatoria Oficial de México Sub-20 para el Mundial de Chile". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ Elías Montiel at Soccerway
- ^ "Hodelin, Ochoa, Tsakiris, lead Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship Best XI". Concacaf. 6 August 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS". www.iffhs.com.
- ^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/allstar/2025/news/2025-liga-mx-all-star-team-roster
External links
- Elías Montiel at Soccerway