Amilton (footballer, born 1989)

Amilton Minervino da Silva (born 12 August 1989), known as Amilton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.

Amilton
Personal information
Full name Amilton Minervino da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989
Place of birth Pernambuco, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Antalyaspor
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Peladeiros
2009–2011 Ourense B
2012–2013 Valenciano 5 (7)
2013–2015 Varzim 64 (13)
2015–2016 União da Madeira 31 (5)
2016–2017 Portimonense 22 (6)
2017 1860 Munich 14 (0)
2017–2019 Aves 44 (5)
2019 → Antalyaspor (loan) 14 (1)
2019– Antalyaspor 47 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2021

He spent most of his career in Portugal, where he achieved Primeira Liga totals of 75 games and 9 goals for União da Madeira and Aves, also lifting the Taça de Portugal with the latter in 2018.

Career

Born in Pernambuco, Brazil, Amilton began his career with Sport Club Peladeiros in the Viana do Castelo Football Association's second district league in 2008–09. He then made the short journey over the border to play with CD Ourense B in Spain, then came back to the district's top tier to play for Sport Clube Valenciano. He played two seasons with Varzim S.C. and earned promotion from the third tier at the end of the latter, then signed a three-year deal with newly promoted Primeira Liga club C.F. União in July 2015.[2]

Amilton scored five times as the Madeirans were instantly relegated, including two on 3 April 2016 as they held Vitória F.C. to a 2–2 home draw.[3] He joined LigaPro club Portimonense S.C. that July.[4] Manager Vítor Oliveira led the Algarve side to the title and Amilton contributed a career-best professional haul of six goals, including two on 17 December in a 3–0 home win over S.C. Freamunde.[5]

In January 2017, Portuguese manager Vítor Pereira signed Amilton and Lumor Agbenyenu from Portimonense, with the Brazilian signing until 2020.[6] He did not score as the team suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga via the play-offs, and returned to Portugal's top flight in July on a three-year deal at C.D. Aves.[7]

In his debut season in Vila das Aves, Amilton was the top scorer with five goals as the side won the Taça de Portugal, their first major trophy. This included a hat-trick on 13 December 2017 in the last 16, in a 5–1 win at former club União.[8] In January 2019, after falling out with manager Augusto Inácio, he was loaned to Antalyaspor of the Turkish Süper Lig with an option to buy.[9]

References
  1. "Amilton Minervino da Silva". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "União de Madeira garante avançado Amilton" [União de Madeira sign striker Amilton] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "Vit. Setúbal salva ponto frente ao União nos "descontos"" [Vit. Setúbal salvage a point against União in added time]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 April 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. "Amilton é reforço do Portimonense" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. "Portimonense vence Freamunde e reforça liderança" [Portimonense beat Freamunde and strengthen lead]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. "Lumor e Amilton são reforços para Vítor Pereira" [Lumor and Amilton are additions for Vítor Pereira]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. "Amiltou [sic] assina pelo Desportivo das Aves por três temporadas" [Amilton signs for Desportivo das Aves for three seasons]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  8. "Desp. Aves goleia na Madeira e chega aos quartos-de-final" [Desp. Aves thrash in Madeira and arrive in the quarter-finals]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 December 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  9. "Antalyaspor oficializa chegada de Amilton, ex-Aves" [Antalyaspor confirm arrival of Amilton, formerly of Aves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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