He made his first team debut on 3 April 2017, starting in a 2–2 Campeonato Pernambucano home draw against Salgueiro, as the club lined up mainly youth players.
[1] Elias subsequently returned to the youth sides, being rarely used in the main squad, and renewed his contract until 2022 on 25 March 2019.
[2] On 23 May, however, he was loaned to Athletico Paranaense as a part of the deal which saw Éder move in the opposite direction.
[7] A regular starter, he moved to fellow league team Figueirense on 10 December,[8] where he was also a first-choice.
Elias joined Primavera ahead of the 2024 season,[9] before being loaned to Série B side Vila Nova on 2 April of that year.