José Nilson dos Santos Silva (born 6 April 1991), simply known as Nilson, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, Nilson joined Vasco da Gama's youth setup in 2010, after starting it out at Portuguesa. He made his first team – and Série A – debut for the former on 6 June 2010, starting in a 0–4 away loss against Santos. After being rarely used by Vasco, Nilson was loaned to Série B sides

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, Paraná and

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, but appeared sparingly for all clubs, and was released in December 2013. On 28 February 2014, Nilson joined Boa Esporte permanently, but after again being a backup, moved to

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on 19 September. With the latter he scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against Náutico on 1 November. On 16 January 2015, Nilson signed for São Bento. After featuring regularly for the club, he joined

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on 16 April. On 19 May 2015 he was loaned to Santos until the end of the year. Nilson's spell at ''Peixe'' was mainly associated to his ugly late miss in the 2015 Copa do Brasil Final against

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, where he sent the ball wide as the goal was empty. He was subsequently released by the club, and moved to

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on 8 January 2016. On 18 January 2017, Nilson signed for Novorizontino. In November 2020, Nilson joined

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club Pegasus.

Career statistics

Honors

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: 2014 Nilson finished the first leg of the 2022/23

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season as leading goal scorer with 10 goals.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilson 1991 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players J1 League players Hong Kong Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong CR Vasco da Gama players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Boa Esporte Clube players Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players Esporte Clube São Bento players Cianorte Futebol Clube players Santos FC players Ventforet Kofu players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Grêmio Novorizontino players Bangu Atlético Clube players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players Hong Kong Pegasus FC players