Ailton Ferreira Silva (born 16 March 1995), commonly known as Ailton, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Fluminense and loans

Having started his career with Brazilian side

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...

, Ailton moved to

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

side Neftchi Baku on a season-long

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deal in June 2015,. The following season, Ailton moved to Portuguese

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side

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on a season-long loan deal.

VfB Stuttgart and loans

In July 2017, Ailton joined

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

and agreed to a four-year-contract. The transfer fee paid to Estoril was reported as close to €1 million. On 25 January 2018, Ailton was loaned out to

until the end of the season. For the 2018–19 season he was loaned out to

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. On 4 July 2019, Ailton was loaned out at Qarabağ until the end of the season.

Midtjylland

Ailton moved to

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club

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

on a permanent transfer on 1 February 2021, the last day of the 2020–21 transfer window.

Pafos

On 24 August 2021,

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announced the signing of Ailton.

Rodina Moscow

On 20 September 2022, Rodina Moscow announced the signing of Ailton.

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