Elías Legendre
Elías Alexander Legendre Quiñónez is an Ecuadorian footballer who currently plays as a winger for French Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais.
Early life
Legendre was born in La Concordia, Ecuador to a French father and Ecuadorian mother, and moved to France as a child in 2015.Club career
On his arrival in France, Legendre joined local side Cercle Paul Bert Bréquigny, where he spent three years before a move to CO.Pacé. In 2021 he joined the academy of Stade Rennais, and the following year he signed a youth contract with the club in June 2022. In the 2023–24 season, he scored fifty goals at youth level, and at under-16 level he finished as top scorer at the 2024 edition of the Montaigu Tournament.International career
Having represented France at under-16 level already, Legendre stated in an interview with Kily Fútbol that he was happy to represent both France and Ecuador at international level, and that Ecuador had not previously contacted him about the possibility. In the same interview, he revealed that he had been invited to an Ecuadorian under-17 microcycle in August 2024. In December 2024, he told journalist César Mosquera that he wished to represent Ecuador at the 2025 South American U-17 Championship, and that the Ecuadorian Football Federation had sent documentation to his club, Stade Rennais, for this to happen.He played twice for France's under-17 side in February 2025, scoring twice, before receiving a call up to the Ecuador under-17 for the South American U-17 Championship. In Ecuador's opening game against Uruguay, Legendre scored after just thirty-one seconds as Ecuador went on to win 4–0. In Ecuador's determining match against Paraguay, Legendre scored his penalty as Ecuador lost 5–4 in the shoot-out.