Amilton Minervino da Silva (born 12 August 1989), known as Amilton, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Gençlerbirliği. He spent most of his career in Portugal, where he achieved

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totals of 75 games and 9 goals for

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and

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, also lifting the

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with the latter in

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Career

Born in

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, 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. Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in ...

and earned promotion from the third tier at the end of the latter, then signed a three-year deal with newly promoted

club

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in July 2015. Amilton scored five times as the

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ns were instantly relegated, including two on 3 April 2016 as they held

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to a 2–2 home draw. He joined

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club

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that July. Manager Vítor Oliveira led the

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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. In January 2017, Portuguese manager Vítor Pereira signed Amilton and Lumor Agbenyenu for 2. Bundesliga club

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from Portimonense, with the Brazilian signing until 2020. 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. In his debut season in

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, Amilton was the top scorer with five goals as the side won the

, their first major trophy. This included a

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on 13 December 2017 in the last 16, in a 5–1 win at former club União. In January 2019, after falling out with manager

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, he was loaned to

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

of the Turkish

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with an option to buy. In January 2022, Amilton signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with

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Honours

Aves *

: 2017–18

References

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