Eriks de Souza Santos Pereira (born 23 February 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for Estonian club

JK Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian association football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm St ...

in the

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Early life

Eriks Santos is a product of

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youth sportive system. During 2015–2017 he played for this club in the youth level.

Club career

In August 2017, Santos signed a two-year deal with

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

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FC Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of M ...

. On 25 October 2017, he made his professional debut as a starter in the

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against

Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them ...

. On 5 November 2017, he made his league debut as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. In July 2018, Santos signed with Georgian

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

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Dila Gori FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium. Dila won the Georgian Cup in 2012 and Georgian Ch ...

, and made fourteen league appearances that season and one appearance in the

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. The following season, he made 23 league appearances and one in the Georgian Cup. On 25 February 2020, Santos signed with

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HFX Wanderers HFX Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as HFX Wanderers, and spoken as Halifax Wanderers, is a Canadian professional soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League at the top of the Canadian soccer le ...

. However, due to travel restrictions caused by the

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, he was unable to join the club for the 2020 season, finally joining the club in May 2021 for pre-season training for the 2021 season. In January 2022, Santos had his club option exercised by HFX, keeping him at the club through 2022. After the conclusion of the 2022 CPL season, Santos' contract option was declined by the Wanderers, ending his time at the club. In July 2023, he signed with

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

club Hibernians. In July 2024, he signed with

in the Estonian

Career statistics

Honours

HFX Wanderers *

**Runners-up:

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References

External links

Eriks Santos
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Eriks 1996 births Living people Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Maranhão Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Canada SC Internacional players FC Mariupol players FC Dila Gori players HFX Wanderers FC players Ukrainian Premier League players Erovnuli Liga players Canadian Premier League players Brazil men's youth international footballers People from Pedreiras, Maranhão JK Narva Trans players