Neilton
Brazilian footballer
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Neilton Meira Mestzk (born 17 February 1994), commonly known as Neilton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Água Santa.
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Neilton with Coritiba in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neilton Meira Mestzk | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Nanuque, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Água Santa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | ADC Basf Suvinil | ||
| 2008–2014 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Santos | 22 | (22) |
| 2014–2017 | Cruzeiro | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Botafogo (loan) | 46 | (14) |
| 2017 | → São Paulo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Vitória | 62 | (14) |
| 2019 | → Internacional (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Hatta | 7 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Coritiba | 42 | (21) |
| 2021 | → Sport Recife (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2023 | Guarani | 14 | (2) |
| 2023 | Criciúma | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Água Santa | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Career
Santos
Neilton joined Santos' 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 Premier League club Chelsea.[2]
On 20 March, Neilton 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, Neilton 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 Neilton signed a four-year deal with Cruzeiro.[8] On 25 July of the following year, after being rarely used, he was loaned to Botafogo until the end of the year.[9]
On 16 December 2015, Neilton's loan was renewed for a further year.[10]
São Paulo
On 22 December 2016, São Paulo FC signed for one year with Neilton. Hudson, in other hand, goes to opposite side.[11] On 13 May 2017,after poor performances, Neilton was dismissed by club.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 3 January 2020[13]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2013 | Série A | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2014 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Botafogo | 2015 | Série B | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 6 | ||||
| 2016 | Série A | 35 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 54 | 12 | |||
| Subtotal | 53 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 72 | 18 | ||||
| São Paulo | 2017 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Vitória | 2017 | Série A | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 7 | ||||
| 2018 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 56 | 21 | |||
| Subtotal | 62 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 86 | 28 | |||
| Internacional | 2019 | Série A | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |
| Total | 139 | 30 | 49 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 181 | 48 | ||
