{{short description|American soccer player (born 2002)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Piero Elias | image = | fullname = Piero Elias | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|09|08}} | birth_place = [[New York City|New York City, New York]], [[United States|USA]] | height = {{height|m=1.74}} | position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Sporting Club Jacksonville|Sporting JAX]] | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015 | youthclubs1 = [[Metropolitan Oval#Development Academy|Metropolitan Oval]] | youthyears2 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs2 = [[New York City FC]] | youthyears3 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs3 = Blau-Weiss Gottschee | youthyears4 = 2019–2020 | youthclubs4 = [[Metropolitan Oval#Development Academy|Metropolitan Oval]] | youthyears5 = 2021–2022 | youthclubs5 = [[Queensboro FC]] | years1 = 2022–2025 | clubs1 = [[New York City FC II]] | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2026– | clubs2 = [[Sporting Club Jacksonville|Sporting JAX]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | pcupdate = September 20, 2022 }}
'''Piero Elias''' (born September 8, 2002) is an American [[Association football|soccer]] player who plays for [[Sporting Club Jacksonville|Sporting JAX]] in [[USL Championship]].
==Playing career== ===Youth=== Piero Elias' teenage career saw him transfer between youth academies on several occasions. In 2015, he played at the development academy at [[Metropolitan Oval]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firsttouchonline.com/queensboro-fc-announces-academy-updates/ |title=Queensboro FC Announces Academy Updates |work=firsttouchonline.com |date=2021 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> before transferring to [[New York City FC]] where he played in their under-14 program.<ref name="nycfc2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycfc.com/nycfcii/news/new-york-city-football-club-announces-players-signed-to-nycfc-ii-contracts-for-t |title=New York City Football Club Announces Players Signed to NYCFC II Contracts for the Newly Formed MLS NEXT Pro |website=New York City FC |date=March 24, 2022 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> In 2018–19 he played with Blau-Weiss Gottschee's under-16s,<ref name="matchendirect">{{cite web |url=https://www.matchendirect.fr/joueur/piero-elias.html |title=Piero Elias |work=matchendirect.fr |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> and then returned to Met Oval to be part of their under-18 side in 2019.<ref name="matchendirect"/> In 2021 he switched to the [[Queensboro FC]] development academy, in the [[United Soccer League|USL]] Academy League.<ref name="nycfc2"/><ref name="matchendirect"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usl-academy.com/roster_players/45874777 |title=Piero Elias |work=[[United Soccer League|USL]] |date=2021 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref>
===Senior=== ===New York City FC II=== On March 24, 2022, Elias was announced as an inaugural season signing for [[MLS Next Pro]] club [[New York City FC II]], signing his first full professional contract.<ref name="nycfc2"/> His competitive debut came in the first game of the season in a loss on penalties to [[New England Revolution II]] on March 27.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycfc.com/nycfcii/competitions/mls-next-pro/2022/matches/nycvsne-03-27-2022/lineups |title=NYCFC II 2(3):2(4) New England Revolution II |work=nycfc.com |date=March 27, 2022 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> His first start came in the following game, another shootout loss to [[Orlando City B]] on April 3.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycfc.com/nycfcii/competitions/mls-next-pro/2022/matches/orlvsnyc-04-03-2022/lineups |title=Orlando City B 2(5):2(4) NYCFC II |work=nycfc.com |date=April 3, 2022 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref>
===Sporting JAX=== On January 17, 2026, via the club's YouTube channel, [[Sporting Club Jacksonville]], better known as Sporting JAX, announced the addition of Elias to the team's inaugural [[USL Championship]] roster.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just about to get busy Season 3/Episode 2 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld3k6Luai-w |website=YouTube.com |publisher=Sporting JAX |access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref>
==International career== In 2019 Elias was called up to the [[Peru national under-17 football team|Peru under-17]] team to take part in a training camp.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FQh0IgSWo/?hl=en |title=Special Congrats to u19 DA player Piero Elias on getting called into training camp with the u17 Peru National Team‼️ |work=[[Metropolitan Oval#Development Academy|Met Oval]] |date=August 13, 2019 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> The following year he was called up to a training camp with their under-20 team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://astoriapost.com/middle-village-teenager-recruited-by-queensboro-fc-academy-first-player-from-queens |title=Middle Village Teenager Recruited by Queensboro FC Academy, First Player From Queens |work=astoriapost.com |date=March 5, 2021 |accessdate=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> He has yet to make an appearance for Peru at any level, however.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played May 6, 2022}}.<ref name = Soccerway>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/piero-elias/581918/ |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=May 6, 2022 |title=P. Elias }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes the [[US Open Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |[[New York City FC II]] |[[2022 New York City FC II season|2022]] |[[MLS Next Pro]] |6||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||6||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!6!!0 |} {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Sporting Club Jacksonville squad}}
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