Oélilton Araújo dos Santos (; born 8 March 1981), commonly known by his nickname Etto, is a Brazilian former professional

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. As of 1 September 2007, Etto also holds Croatian citizenship beside Brazilian, and had expressed his desire to play for

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at the international level.

Career

Career in Brazil

His professional career in Brazil started in 2002 and consisted of one-season stints with

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and

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, whence he moved to Dinamo Zagreb for the 2005–06 Prva HNL season.

Dinamo Zagreb

Etto arrived to his new club in August 2005. In his debut season with the Croatian club Etto featured in 24 league matches and scored 5 goals in what would end up being the title winning campaign for Dinamo Zagreb. The following season Etto made inconsisted appearances and featured in only 13 league matches for the club. He also made his debut in European competitions, making a total of four appearances throughout the season. He won his first

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with the club as Dinamo Zagreb were both league champions and cup winners for the 2006–07 season. Etto also played in the 2006 Croatian Supercup which Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 against

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. The 2007–08 was most successful for Etto since his arrival as he made a total of 40 appearances for the club and scored one goal. He also repeated the success with the club from the last season, again winning the double. The 2008–09 Prva HNL season saw Etto feature in only 16 out of 33 league matches for the club, making a total of 28 appearances in all competitions. The club won its third consecutive double since Etto's arrival. He featured in 21 out of the 30 matches of the 2009–10 Prva HNL and made 10 appearances in UEFA competitions, also making four appearances in the 2009–10 Croatian Cup which made a total of 35 appearances.

PAOK

On 28 January 2011, Etto signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

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side

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

Baku

On 5 August 2013, Etto signed a one-year contract with

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Career statistics

*Note: the

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appearances for Dinamo Zagreb can be viewed at the official website of the clu
nk-dinamo.hr
under ''The Match'' section. ¹ Including the 2006 Croatian Supercup match against Rijeka.
² Including the 2010 Croatian Supercup match against Hajduk Split.

Honours

;Dinamo Zagreb *

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* Croatian Supercup: 2006, 2010

References

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* {{Soccerway 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Esporte Clube Vitória players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Club Athletico Paranaense players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Croatian Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece PAOK FC players Super League Greece players Esporte Clube Bahia players FC Baku players Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Men's association football fullbacks Croatian people of Brazilian descent 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen