José Nilson dos Santos Silva (born 6 April 1991), simply known as Nilson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Club career Born in São Paulo, 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 Criciúma, Paraná and Bragantino, 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 Icasa 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 Cianorte 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 Palmeiras, where he sent the ball wide as the goal was empty. He was subsequently released by the club, and moved to Ventforet Kofu on 8 January 2016.
On 18 January 2017, Nilson signed for Novorizontino.
In November 2020, Nilson joined Hong Kong Premier League club Pegasus.港超丨飛馬大換班劍指聯賽三甲 陳肇麒舞獅亮相 7號球衣接棒 Ming Pao 16 November 2020
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVasco2010Série A40————40Criciúma2011Série B40————40Paraná2012Série B81—62——143Bragantino2013Série B61————61Boa Esporte2014Série B4100———41Icasa2014Série B94———3Appearance(s) in Copa Fares Lopes0124São Bento2015Paulista—102———102Cianorte2015Paranaense Série Prata—32———32Santos2015Série A131—30——161Ventforet Kofu2016J1 League60—31——91América Mineiro2016Série A30————30Novorizontino2017Paulista—71———71São Bento2017Série C50————50Bangu2018Carioca—71———71Career total628276123003010417
Honors Icasa Copa Fares Lopes: 2014
Nilson finished the first leg of the 2022/23 Thai League 2 season as leading goal scorer with 10 goals.
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