Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ely Thadeu Bravim Rangel | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2001 | Vasco da Gama | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Vasco da Gama | 28 | (4) |
2004 | → Olaria (loan) | ||
2005–2006 | → Baraúnas (loan) | ||
2006–2007 | Red Star Belgrade | 10 | (0) |
2007 | Democrata (SL) | ||
2008 | Ipatinga | 1 | (0) |
2009 | Villa Nova | ||
2010–2011 | Democrata (GV) | 2 | (0) |
2011 | Capixaba | ||
2012 | Guarani (MG) | 8 | (1) |
2012 | Aracruz | 3 | (0) |
2013 | Democrata (GV) | ||
2014 | Minas Boca | ||
National team | |||
1998–1999 | Brazil U17 | ||
2000 | Brazil U20 | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ely Thadeu Bravin Rangel (born 12 August 1982), commonly known as Ely Thadeu, is a Brazilian football forward.
He was born in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil. He started his career in 1995 when he was aged 12 and when he passed a trial at Vasco da Gama and joined their youth team. Since then, he will pass through all the youth teams of the club, before making his senior debut with Vasco first team in 2001, as the attacking partner of his idol, Romario. He became the first option after the injury of Euller and he grabbed the chance by scoring two goals in his first five matches in the Brasileirão. Because of his speed, during his early career he was nicknamed Filho do Vento (son of the wind) and by this time it was changed to Torpedo by his coach Joel Santana.
In 2004 Vasco loaned him to Olaria and in 2005 to Baraúnas. While with Vasco, he played a total of 67 matches and had scored 12 goals in the national and state championships. His senior debut was on 21 January 2001, in a Campeonato Carioca match against Madureira, and his first official goal for Vasco happened one week later when he scored the opening goal in the 2-1 victory over Frigurguense, also for the Carioca state championship.
In summer 2006 he left Vasco and decided to move abroad and join Red Star Belgrade. With them he won the 2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga and played in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifiers. In early 2008 he returned to Brazil and had a short spell with Democrata before moving back to the Brasileirão by joining Ipatinga in their first season ever in the Brazilian top-flight in April that year. However, after playing in the opening match of the season he ended dismissed by the club. During 2009 he played with Villa Nova Atlético Clube.