Elias Filet
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elias Zaian Filet | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aarau | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sochaux | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sochaux B (loan) | 24 | (13) |
| 2022–2023 | Progrès | 23 | (20) |
| 2023–2024 | Istra 1961 | 30 | (4) |
| 2025– | Aarau | 49 | (20) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 | |||
Elias Filet (born 6 March 2002) is a French footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club Aarau.
Life and career
[edit]Filet was born on 6 March 2002 in France to French and Malagasy roots, he is a native of Paris. He is the son of a photographer mother and French musician Stefan Filey.[1] He has been a supporter of English Premier League side Manchester United. He played handball as a child.[2] He started playing football at under-13 level. He mainly operates as a striker. He is left-footed. He joined the youth academy of French side Sochaux at the age of eighteen.
He started his senior career with the club. He made one league appearance and scored zero goals for them. He played for their reserve team, where he was regarded as one of their most important players.[3] In 2022, he signed for Luxembourgish side Progrès. He was described as "established himself as one of the essential cogs" while playing for the club.[2] He made twenty-three league appearances and scored twenty goals for them. In 2023, he signed for Croatian side Istra 1961.
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Swiss Challenge League Player of the Season 2025–26
References
[edit]- ↑ "Elias Filet, élevé par des artistes, révélé par le Progrès". lequotidien.lu.
- 1 2 "Elias Filet, un Lionceau qui pique comme l'abeille". lessentiel.lu.
- ↑ "Elias Filet, l'arme fatale de Sochaux". estrepublicain.fr.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- FC Progrès Niederkorn players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- FC Aarau players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Croatian Football League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- 21st-century French sportsmen
