# Elias Filet
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{{Short description|French footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Elias Filet
|image = Elias Filet.jpg
|fullname = Elias Zaian Filet
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|6|df=y}}
|birth_place = [France](/source/France)
|height = 1.86 m
|position = [Striker](/source/Forward_(Association_football))
|currentclub = [Aarau](/source/FC_Aarau)
|clubnumber = 9
|years1 = 2021–2022
|clubs1 = [Sochaux](/source/FC_Sochaux-Montb%C3%A9liard)
|caps1 = 1
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2021–2022
|clubs2 = → [Sochaux B](/source/FC_Sochaux-Montb%C3%A9liard) (loan)
|caps2 = 24
|goals2 = 13
|years3 = 2022–2023
|clubs3 = [Progrès](/source/FC_Progr%C3%A8s_Niederkorn)
|caps3 = 23
|goals3 = 20
|years4 = 2023–2024
|clubs4 = [Istra 1961](/source/NK_Istra_1961)
|caps4 = 30
|goals4 = 4
|years5 = 2025–
|clubs5 = [Aarau](/source/FC_Aarau)
|caps5 = 49
|goals5 = 20
|club-update = 17 May 2026
}}
'''Elias Filet''' (born 6 March 2002) is a French [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for Swiss club [Aarau](/source/FC_Aarau).
==Life and career==
Filet was born on 6 March 2002 in [France](/source/France). He is a native of [Paris](/source/Paris), France. He is the son of a photographer mother and French musician [Stefan Filey](/source/Stefan_Filey).[{{Cite web|url=https://lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/le-portrait-elias-filet-eleve-par-des-artistes-revele-par-le-progres/|title=Elias Filet, élevé par des artistes, révélé par le Progrès|publisher=lequotidien.lu}}] He has been a supporter of English [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) side [Manchester United](/source/manchester_United_F.C.). He played handball as a child.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/story/elias-filet-un-lionceau-qui-pique-comme-l-abeille-291473196466|title=Elias Filet, un Lionceau qui pique comme l'abeille|publisher=lessentiel.lu}}] 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](/source/FC_Sochaux-Montb%C3%A9liard) 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.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2022/02/05/national-3-elias-filet-l-arme-fatale-de-sochaux-(2)-pour-faire-tomber-le-racing-besancon|title=Elias Filet, l’arme fatale de Sochaux|publisher=estrepublicain.fr}}] In 2022, he signed for Luxembourgish side [Progrès](/source/FC_Progr%C3%A8s_Niederkorn). He was described as "established himself as one of the essential cogs" while playing for the club.