page_title: Alberth Elis
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Alberth Elis / International career
caption_attribution_description: Português: Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha, Brasília, DF, Brasil, 10/8/2016. Argentina e Honduras jogam nesta quarta-feira (10), no Estádio Mané Garrincha, pelo grupo D do futebol masculino nas Olimpíadas 2016.
context_page_description: Alberth Josué Elis Martínez, nicknamed La Panterita, is a Honduran professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Houston Dynamo from MLS and the Honduras national team. He also played for Honduras in the 2016 Summer Olympics and helped them finished 4th.
context_section_description: Elis first represented Honduras at the U-17 level in a 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying match on 7 December 2012, picking up a goal in a 5–2 win over El Salvador. In their next match, Elis scored a hat trick to help Honduras defeat Costa Rica 3–0. He finished as top scorer with four goals and help Honduras finish top of the Central American group. Elis featured in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he scored once and helped Honduras finish 4th. At the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup Elis made four appearances and helped Honduras reach the quarter-finals.
  On September 30, 2014, Elis was called up by head coach Hernán Medford to the Honduran senior team. He made his senior debut on 9 October 2014 in a friendly against Mexico, a 2–0 loss.
  After making 4 senior appearances, Elis played on the Honduras U-21 team at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, where he made 2 appearances as Honduras finished 4th. He was also part of the Honduran U-20 team that played at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Elis scored four goals in six games to help Honduras to a 3rd-place finish and qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the U-20 World Cup, Elis appeared in all three group games, but was unable to help Honduras advance past the group stage. Elis led the Honduran U-23 team to a second-place finish at the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship by scoring four goals in five games, including a brace in a 2–0 semifinals win over the United States. He was named to the Best XI of the tournament and finished as top scorer.
  Elis returned to the senior national team in December 2015. He scored his scored his first and second international goals in a friendly match against Cuba on 16 December 2015. On 25 March 2016, Elis scored his first goal in a competitive senior match, scoring once in a 2–2 draw with El Salvador in a World Cup qualification match.
  On 25 July 2016, Elis was named to the Honduran U-23 squad to play at the 2016 Olympics. He appeared all six of Honduras's games and scored two goals, including the winning goal in the quarterfinals match against South Korea, as he helped Honduras finish in 4th place.
  On June 29 2017, Elis was named to the 23 man squad for the 2017 Gold Cup. He made four appearances and helped Honduras reach the quarterfinals, where they fell 1–0 to Mexico.
  On June 6, 2019, Fabián Coito named Elis to the 23 man squad for the 2019 Gold Cup. However, it was a disappointing tournament for Honduras and Elis, as he failed to score in his 3 appearances and Honduras finished last in their group.
caption: Elis playing for Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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