Neilton Meira Mestzk (born 17 February 1994), commonly known as Neilton, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Água Santa.

Career

Santos

Neilton joined Santos' youth setup in 2008, aged 14. 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

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club Chelsea. On 20 March, Neilton was promoted to first team and was named the "new Neymar". He made his first-team debut on the following day, in the

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

game against

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. He made his Série A debut on 29 May, providing an assist to

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's goal of a 1-2 defeat against

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. On 5 June, Neilton scored his first professional goal, in a 1-3 defeat against

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. On 13 July, he scored twice in a 4-1 home routing over Portuguesa.

Cruzeiro

On 5 June 2014 Neilton signed a four-year deal with Cruzeiro. On 25 July of the following year, after being rarely used, he was loaned to Botafogo until the end of the year. On 16 December 2015, Neilton's loan was renewed for a further year.

São Paulo

On 22 December 2016,

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signed for one year with Neilton.

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, in other hand, goes to opposite side. On 13 May 2017,after poor performances, Neilton was dismissed by

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Career statistics

Honours

Cruzeiro *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

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Botafogo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neilton 1994 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players UAE Pro League players Santos FC players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players São Paulo FC players Esporte Clube Vitória players SC Internacional players Hatta Club players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Sport Club do Recife players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates People from Nanuque Footballers from Minas Gerais Esporte Clube Água Santa players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen