Nilson Ricardo da Silva Junior (born 31 March 1989), or simply Nilson, is a Brazilian

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who plays for

Bucheon FC Bucheon FC 1995 (Hangul: 부천 FC 1995) is a South Korean professional football club based in Bucheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was founded in 2007 by a group of former Bucheon SK suppo ...

as a

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Career

He joined

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side

Sagan Tosu is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J1 League. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture. ''Sagan'' is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises ...

in July 2013 and moved to

Busan IPark Busan IPark ( ko, 부산 아이파크) is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. Its current home ground is Busan Gudeok Stadium. The club was o ...

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in 2014. In his first season with the Korean side, Nilson played initially as a defensive midfielder, but later took the central role in a three-man defence. After a stint with Brazilian side

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, Nilson returned to Busan IPark in 2016 following their relegation to the

K League 2 The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1. Hi ...

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* * 1989 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers J1 League players K League 1 players K League 2 players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Araripina Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Metropolitano players Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana players Sagan Tosu players Busan IPark players Salgueiro Atlético Clube players FC Anyang players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Recife {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub