Everton Bala
Brazilian footballer
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Francisco Everton Mota de Castro (born 3 January 1999), commonly known as Everton Bala, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Francisco Everton Mota de Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Apuiarés, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017 | Aliança | ||
| 2018 | Porto-PE | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Porto-PE | 26 | (8) |
| 2018 | → Flamengo-PE (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Cianorte (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Vera Cruz (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → São José (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Mirassol | 17 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Brusque (loan) | 40 | (6) |
| 2024 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 2025– | Levski Sofia | 60 | (23) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2026 | |||
Career
Everton began his career in Brazil's lower leagues with Porto-PE.[2] On 3 May 2022, he signed with Mirassol in the Série C.[3] On 1 February 2023, he was loaned to Brusque.[4] After scoring 7 goals in 44 games for the club from Santa Catarina, Everton returned to Mirassol for the 2024 Série B season.[citation needed]
Levski Sofia
On 1 March 2024, Everton moved abroad for the first time, joining Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First League, initially on loan from Mirassol until the end of the year with a buy option.[5] He struggled to make an impact at the beginning of his tenure in the club, but nevertheless, his buy option was triggered and on 13 January 2025, he signed a permanent deal with Levski running until 2027.[6]
Everton scored 10 goals in the first half of 2025–26 season, among which a goal against AZ in the UEFA Conference League, thus leading Levski's goalscoring chart for the season. On 9 April 2026, he scored his 24th goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Arda, thus becoming the highest-scoring Brazilian player in Levski's history.[7] He finished the season as the joint top goalscorer in the league, having netted 18 goals, while Levski were crowned champions for the first time since 2009.[8]
