Neílton
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neílton Meira Mestzk | ||
Date of birth | 17 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Nanuque, Brazil | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Botafogo | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2008 | ADC Basf Suvinil | ||
2008–2014 | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Santos | 22 | (6) |
2014– | Cruzeiro | 12 | (1) |
2015– | → Botafogo (loan) | 18 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2015 |
Neílton Meira Mestzk (born 17 February 1994), commonly known as Neílton, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Botafogo, on loan from Cruzeiro as a forward.
Contents
Career
Santos
Neílton joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2008, aged 14.[1] He was the club's topscorer in 2013 Copa São Paulo de Júnior, along with Giva. After his performances, he was a possible target to English Premier League club Chelsea.[2]
On 20 March, Neílton was promoted to first team and was named the "new Neymar".[3] He made his first-team debut on the following day, in the Campeonato Paulista game against Mirassol.[4] He made his Série A debut on 29 May, providing an assist to Walter Montillo's goal of a 1-2 defeat against Botafogo.[5]
On 5 June, Neílton scored his first professional goal, in a 1-3 defeat against Criciúma.[6] On 13 July, he scored twice in a 4-1 home routing over Portuguesa.[7]
Cruzeiro
On 5 June 2014 Neílton signed a four-year deal with Cruzeiro EC.[8]
Career statistics
- (Correct as of November 17, 2013[update])
Club | Season | State League | Série A | Copa do Brasil | Libertadores | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Santos | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
Honours
- Cruzeiro
- Botafogo
References
- ↑ SÓSIA DE NEYMAR TEM ESTILO E FUTEBOL PARA SONHAR ALTO (Neymar's copy has style and football to dream high); ABCD Maior, 19 February 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Neil diamond: Chelsea line up "new Neymar" Neilton.. who even LOOKS like Brazil ace; Mirror Football, 6 February 2013
- ↑ Muricy aprova desempenho e promove Neílton ao profissional do Santos (Muricy approves performance and promote Neílton to Santos' first team); IG, 20 March 2013 (Portuguese)
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External links
- Profile at Santos FC Official Web Site (Portuguese)
- Neílton at Soccerway
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2013
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Santos Futebol Clube players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players