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{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name         = Nilton
| image        = Internacional-2015 (8).jpg
| image_size   = 270
| fullname     = Nilton Ferreira Júnior
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Barra do Garças]], Brazil
| height       = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position     = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| currentclub  =
| clubnumber   =
| youthyears1  = 1998–2000 | youthclubs1 = [[Paulista Futebol Clube|Etti Jundiaí]]
| youthyears2  = 2000–2007 | youthclubs2 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
| youthyears3 = 2005       | youthclubs3 = → [[Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense|Mauaense]] (loan)
| years1       = 2005–2008 | clubs1 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]   | caps1 = 26  | goals1 = 2
| years2       = 2006      | clubs2 = → [[Clube Atlético Bragantino|Bragantino]] (loan) | caps2 = 0   | goals2 = 0
| years3       = 2009–2012 | clubs3 = [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]                | caps3 = 148 | goals3 = 16
| years4       = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]               | caps4 = 91  | goals4 = 11
| years5       = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]        | caps5 = 43  | goals5 = 2
| years6       = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = [[Vissel Kobe]]                                   | caps6 = 47  | goals6 = 5
| years7       = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]                     | caps7 = 28  | goals7 = 2
| years8       = 2019      | clubs8 = [[Centro Sportivo Alagoano|CSA]]                  | caps8 = 12  | goals8 = 1
| years9       = 2020      | clubs9 = [[Oeste FC|Oeste]]                                | caps9 = 3   | goals9 = 0
| years10      = 2021      | clubs10 = [[C.D. Real Tomayapo|Real Tomayapo]]             | caps10 = 3  | goals10 = 1
| club-update  =
}}
'''Nílton Ferreira Júnior''' (born 21 April 1987), simply known as '''Nílton''', is a Brazilian former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defensive midfielder]].
Nílton has also been capped for Brazil at Under-20 level.
==Career statistics==
===Club career===
''Updated to 23 February 2017''.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 56 out of 289)</ref><ref>[http://www.netvasco.com.br/futebol/jogadores/200.shtml Nílton]</ref>
In May 2019, he joined [[Centro Sportivo Alagoano|CSA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrosportivoalagoano.com/Post/602/CSA_contrata_Volante_Nilton|title=CSA CONTRATA VOLANTE NILTON|publisher=Centro Sportivo Alagoano|date=8 May 2019|accessdate=27 July 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Brazil
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Copa do Brasil]]
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | [[CONMEBOL|South America]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2009]]||rowspan="4"|[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]||rowspan="1"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B]]||31||2||4||1|||9||1||—||—||'''44'''||'''4'''
|-
|[[2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2010]]||rowspan="3"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||22||3||5||0|||12||3||—||—||'''51'''||'''6'''
|-
|[[2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2011]]||7||0|||||||||||4||0||'''11'''||'''0'''
|-
|[[2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2012]]||34||4||||||13||0||7||1||'''54'''||'''5'''
|-
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | Vasco da Gama
!'''94'''||'''9'''||9||1|||34||4||11||1||'''160'''||'''15'''
|-
|[[2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2013]]||rowspan="2"|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]||rowspan="2"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||30||7||6||1|||14||0||||||'''50'''||'''8'''
|-
|[[2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2014]]||26||3||5||0||7||0||3||0||'''41'''||'''3'''
|-
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | Cruzeiro
!'''56'''||'''10'''||11||1|||21||0||3||0||'''91'''||'''11'''
|-
! colspan=3 | Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[AFC Champions League|AFC]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[2016 J1 League|2016]]||rowspan="1"|[[Vissel Kobe]]||rowspan="1"|[[J1 League]]||13||2||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||17||2
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | Vissel Kobe
!13||2||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||17||2
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!163||21||22||2||57||4||14||1||268||28
|}
==Honours==
===Club===
;Corinthians
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]: [[2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2005]]
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B]]: [[2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2008]]
;Vasco da Gama
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B]]: [[2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2009]]
* [[Copa do Brasil]]: [[2011 Copa do Brasil|2011]]
;Cruzeiro
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]: [[2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2013]], [[2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2014]]
* [[Campeonato Mineiro]]: 2014
;International
* [[Campeonato Gaúcho]]: [[2015 Campeonato Gaúcho|2015]]
;Bahia
* [[Campeonato Baiano]]: 2018, 2019
===Individual===
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year]]: [[2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2013]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2013 |trans-title=Best eleven of 2013 Brazilian League |url=http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2013/12/09/Os%20melhores%20do%20campeonato%20s%C3%A3o%20homenageados%20na%20festa%20da%20Premia%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Brasileir%C3%A3o%202013#ad-image-0 |date=December 9, 2013 |accessdate=December 9, 2013 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218112421/http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2013/12/09/Os%20melhores%20do%20campeonato%20s%C3%A3o%20homenageados%20na%20festa%20da%20Premia%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Brasileir%C3%A3o%202013#ad-image-0 |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{J.League player|name=Nílton}}
*[https://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/profile/?mode=detail&id=147 Profile at Vissel Kobe]
*{{Sambafoot|3272_nilton|Nílton}}
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players]]
[[Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players]]
[[Category:J1 League players]]
[[Category:Bolivian Primera División players]]
[[Category:Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players]]
[[Category:Clube Atlético Bragantino players]]
[[Category:CR Vasco da Gama players]]
[[Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players]]
[[Category:SC Internacional players]]
[[Category:Esporte Clube Bahia players]]
[[Category:Centro Sportivo Alagoano players]]
[[Category:Vissel Kobe players]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia]]
[[Category:People from Barra do Garças]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mato Grosso]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen]]
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