Eriks Santos
Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
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Eriks de Souza Santos Pereira (born 23 February 1996) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Meistriliiga club Narva Trans.
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Santos with HFX Wanderers in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eriks de Souza Santos Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Pedreiras, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Narva Trans | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Internacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Mariupol | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Dila Gori | 37 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | HFX Wanderers | 42 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Hibernians | 9 | (0) |
| 2024– | Narva Trans | 50 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Brazil U20 | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 April 2019 | |||
Early life
Santos is a product of Sport Club Internacional youth sportive system. During 2015–2017 he played for this club in the youth level.
Club career
In August 2017, Santos signed a two-year deal with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Mariupol.[1] On 25 October 2017, he made his professional debut as a starter in the Ukrainian Cup against Tavriya Simferopol.[2] On 5 November 2017, he made his league debut as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk.[3]
In July 2018, Santos signed with Georgian Erovnuli Liga side Dila Gori, and made fourteen league appearances that season and one appearance in the Georgian Cup.[4] The following season, he made 23 league appearances and one in the Georgian Cup.[4]
On 25 February 2020, Santos signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[5] However, due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, he was unable to join the club for the 2020 season, finally joining the club in May 2021 for pre-season training for the 2021 season.[6] In January 2022, Santos had his club option exercised by HFX, keeping him at the club through 2022.[7] After the conclusion of the 2022 CPL season, Santos' contract option was declined by the Wanderers, ending his time at the club.[8]
In July 2023, he signed with Maltese Premier League club Hibernians.[9]
In July 2024, he signed with Narva Transin the Estonian Meistriliiga.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 28 January 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mariupol | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dila Gori | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| HFX Wanderers | 2020 | Canadian Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| Hibernians | 2023–24 | Maltese Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | 89 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1 | ||
- Includes Ukrainian Cup, Georgian Cup
Honours
HFX Wanderers
- Canadian Premier League runner-up: 2020