| Neilton | |
| Fullname: | Neilton Meira Mestzk |
| Birth Date: | 1994 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Nanuque, Brazil |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Água Santa |
| Youthyears1: | 2000–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | ADC Basf Suvinil |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Santos |
| Years1: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2014–2017 |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Botafogo (loan) |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Goals3: | 14 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | → São Paulo (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017–2020 |
| Caps5: | 62 |
| Goals5: | 14 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Clubs6: | → Internacional (loan) |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2019–2020 |
| Caps7: | 7 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2020–2022 |
| Caps8: | 42 |
| Goals8: | 21 |
| Years9: | 2021 |
| Clubs9: | → Sport Recife (loan) |
| Caps9: | 19 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2023 |
| Caps10: | 14 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Years11: | 2023 |
| Caps11: | 2 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2024– |
| Caps12: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 October 2023 |
Neilton Meira Mestzk (born 17 February 1994), commonly known as Neilton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Água Santa.
Neilton joined Santos' youth setup in 2008, aged 14.[1] He was the club's topscorer in 2013 Copa São Paulo de Júnior, along with Giva. After his performances, he was a possible target to Premier League club Chelsea.[2]
On 20 March, Neilton was promoted to first team and was named the "new Neymar".[3] He made his first-team debut on the following day, in the Campeonato Paulista game against Mirassol.[4] He made his Série A debut on 29 May, providing an assist to Walter Montillo's goal of a 1-2 defeat against Botafogo.[5]
On 5 June, Neilton scored his first professional goal, in a 1-3 defeat against Criciúma.[6] On 13 July, he scored twice in a 4-1 home routing over Portuguesa.[7]
On 5 June 2014 Neilton signed a four-year deal with Cruzeiro.[8] On 25 July of the following year, after being rarely used, he was loaned to Botafogo until the end of the year.[9]
On 16 December 2015, Neilton's loan was renewed for a further year.[10]
On 22 December 2016, São Paulo FC signed for one year with Neilton. Hudson, in other hand, goes to opposite side.[11] On 13 May 2017,after poor performances, Neilton was dismissed by club.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Santos | 2013 | Série A | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| Cruzeiro | 2014 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Botafogo | 2015 | Série B | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 6 | |||||
| 2016 | Série A | 35 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 54 | 12 | ||||
| Subtotal | 53 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 72 | 18 | |||||
| São Paulo | 2017 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Vitória | 2017 | Série A | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 7 | |||||
| 2018 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 56 | 21 | ||||
| Subtotal | 62 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 86 | 28 | ||||
| Internacional | 2019 | Série A | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 139 | 30 | 49 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 181 | 48 | |||
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