Enílton Menezes Miranda (born 11 October 1977) is a Brazilian footballer. In 2012 he was playing for Comercial as a striker.

Enílton
Personal information
Full name Enílton Menezes de Miranda
Date of birth (1977-10-11) 11 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Second Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Boavista-RJ
1997–1998 Sion
1998–2000Yverdon (loan)
2000 Sion
2000–2001 Yverdon
2001 Coritiba[1] 14 (3)
2002 Tigres[2] 23 (1)
2003 Atlético Mineiro[1] 2 (0)
2003–2005 Vitória EC[1] 16 (1)
2005Juventude (loan)[1] 25 (17)
2006–2009 Palmeiras[1] 26 (8)
2007Omiya Ardija (loan)[3] 11 (0)
2007Vasco (loan)[1] 9 (1)
2008Sport Recife (loan)[2] 0 (21)
2009Paulista FC (loan)[4] 0 (0)
2010 Paysandu 0 (0)
2010 Brasiliense[4] 10 (3)
2012 Bangu[4] 0 (0)
2012 Comercial (RP)[4] 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Enílton was signed by Tigres UANL for US$1 million in 2002 from Coritiba and third parties owner "Planet Shorts". He unilaterally breach his contract with Tigres in order to return to Brazil for Atlético Mineiro. He signed a 1-year contract on 9 May 2003 but sold to Esporte Clube Vitória on 28 July 2003, in 3-year deal. Tigres sued Enílton to FIFA and then the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which the court awarded Tigres shall eligible to receive US$750,000 from Enílton, with Mineiro jointly responsible for breach of contract.[5]

In December 2005 Enílton was signed by Palmeiras in 3-year contract. From 2007 to 2009 he spent his Palmeiras career on loan to other clubs. He also extended his contract in February 2008, to last until 31 December 2009. He spent the first half of 2009 at Paulista FC.

In January 2010 he was signed by Paysandu; he was signed by Brasiliense in March, until the end of 2011 League of Brazilian Federal District in May 2011. In January 2011 he was released again.

In January 2012 Enílton was signed by Bangu until the end of Rio de Janeiro state league. In February 2012 he was signed by Comercial de Ribeirão Preto.

Club statistics

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Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Switzerland League
1998/99 Yverdon-Sport Nationalliga B 9 1[citation needed]
1999/00 Nationalliga A 18 4[citation needed]
1999/00 Sion Nationalliga B 13 8[citation needed]
2000/01 Nationalliga A 14 4[citation needed]
Brazil League
2001 Coritiba Série A 14 3
Mexico League
2002/03 Tigres UANL Primera División 23 1
Brazil League
2003 Atlético Mineiro Série A 2 0
Vitória 10 0
2004 7 1
2005 Juventude 25 17
2006 Palmeiras 26 8
Japan League
2007 Omiya Ardija J1 League 11 0
Brazil League
2007 Vasco da Gama Série A 9 1
2008 Sport Recife 21 0
Country Switzerland 54 17
Brazil
Mexico 23 1
Japan 11 0
Total

Honours

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Vitória
Sport

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Futpedia: Enílton". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b world football (in German)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b c d Soccerway
  5. ^ "CAS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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