The Girondins de Bordeaux travel this Sunday to Metz (3 p.m.), during the 14th day of Ligue 1.
They will be able to count on Alberth Elis, author of two goals in the last three games.
The powerful Honduran winger, passed through Mexico and the United States, now wants to make a name for himself on the European continent.
“If we only had players like him, that would be wonderful! “, This close to the first team of the Girondins de Bordeaux can hardly be more dithyrambic at the mention of Alberth Elis. However, a few months ago, he did not know either Eve or Adam, the Honduran striker. Like everyone else in the club environment. But since then he has seen the man with the dreadlocks arrive at Haillan: “This kid is adorable, he has a banana every day, he is always in a good mood. He's always up for it when you offer him something. He's a really good guy, he's perfect! “And in the field, it's also getting better and better.
Arrived injured this summer (fracture of the fifth metatarsus of the left foot), Alberth Elis remains on two goals in the last three games of the Girondins and has also just scored with his selection during this international break.
He seems to find all his means.
Good news for this player with an atypical career who is now facing the biggest challenge of his career in Bordeaux: to win in Ligue 1 and make a name for himself on the European continent to continue his progress.
Spotted from the Rio Olympics by Admar Lopes
A hitherto linear progression for the child of Tela, a small town located in the north of Honduras and bathed by the Caribbean Sea. It was there that the athletic winger of the Marine et Blanc made his first sprints with the ball. “He had a happy childhood even though his family didn't have a lot of money. She was very close-knit and in the end, that's all that matters, ”explains José-Luis Rodriguez, one of her agents. Alberth Elis was quickly considered "the best player of his generation thanks to his performances in U15, U17 and U20" according to the one who has followed him since the age of 13. In 2013, he joined the best club in his country, CD Olimpia, with which he won three league titles and became international A from the age of 18.
But his career will know a first turning point during the Olympic Games in Rio.
Honduras manages the feat of qualifying for the semi-finals of the tournament.
Even if he misses the medal with his country, the striker catches the eye of the recruiters (two goals in six games) including that of a certain Admar Lopes, the new technical director of the Girondins de Bordeaux.
Direction Monterrey in Mexico then five months later, Houston in the United States for the one nicknamed the panther.
It is in MLS that his talent explodes.
His physical power and his sense of purpose are causing misfortune across the Atlantic.
In the country of the NBA, he almost finished in double-double his first two seasons (11 goals and 12 assists in 34 games then 9 goals and 10 assists in 31 games).
A foundation to help underprivileged children
Of course, Admar Lopes does not miss any of this: “We continued to follow him very closely with the recruitment unit after the Olympics.
He was on our lists.
Even in a good position, but when I was at Losc, we already had a lot of people at his post and other priorities.
“No problem, the Portuguese repatriates him anyway in the summer of 2020 to Boavista in Portugal, one of the other clubs of which Gérard Lopez is the owner.
No question of letting slip the one who had then left drastically after the first wave of the epidemic (4 goals and 3 assists in six MLS games).
It's time to take a new step on the other side of the ocean for Alberth Elis.
A new country, a new continent but still the same man.
A man who never forgets where he comes from:
“He always tries to help his family, his friends and the people of Honduras since the beginning of his career.
He created his own foundation to help the children and the public high school in the area where he grew up.
For example, he donated hundreds of computers to other children in need, ”says José-Luis Rodriguez.
A generosity that we find in his game on the field.
Alberth Elis is not stingy with efforts.
A player who "gives his all all the time" says Vladimir Petkoic, his trainer.
A perfect profile for Ligue 1?
So when this summer Admar Lopes sought to strengthen his attacking sector without a round in his pocket, the name of the Honduran winger quickly clicked in his head. Author of a good first season in Europe (8 goals and 6 assists in 32 games), the player did not really hesitate despite the interest of Spartak Moscow and two English clubs. And the presence of the Portuguese has a lot to do with it: "It was a good option with an interesting overall project and also having Admar in the club, someone we trust, was essential," recalls those around him.
After rather timid first steps against Monaco and Nantes, Alberth Elis quickly took the measure of Ligue 1, especially its physical dimension unlike, for example, a Fransergio in the midfield. Today, you have to get up early to move the boy. In rugby, it looks like he's solid on the downforce. So sometimes it's not very academic but it often ends in a dangerous shot or action. And this is the main thing for a player who seems to have the perfect profile for Ligue 1 as a winger. On the other hand, making him play alone at the forefront as at the kickoff of the last three games does not seem to be a good solution. If he scored in this position at Lorient, he was not very convincing the rest of the match. Against Reims and Paris, it was a complete failure.Not sure that Vladimir Petkovic is stubborn with this idea. Its adaptation is going well. Curious, he hopes to learn French quickly. And always with a smile. A motto for him.
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