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 | RAAL La Louvière | ||
| 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) |
| 2025–2026 | Aarau | 49 | (20) |
| 2026– | RAAL La Louvière | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026 | |||
Elias Filet (born 6 March 2002) is a French footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club RAAL La Louvière.
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 the 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.
In the summer of 2026, Filet signed a two-season contract with RAAL La Louvière in Belgium.[4]
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.
- ↑ "Elias Filet est un Loup !" [Elias Filet is a Wolf!] (in French). RAAL La Louvière. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- Men's association football forwards
- French men's footballers
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- FC Progrès Niederkorn players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- FC Aarau players
- RAAL La Louvière players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Croatian Football League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Belgian Pro 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
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
