Éliton Júnior
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Éliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | São Mateus, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fragata | |||
| Flamengo | |||
| Náutico | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 34 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Red Bull Brasil | ||
| 2022–2023 | Varbergs BoIS | 36 | (4) |
| 2023 | → KuPS | 9 | (2) |
| 2024– | Torpedo Kutaisi | 26 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 | |||
Éliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior (born 26 January 1998), commonly known as Éliton Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi.
Career
[edit]Born in São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Éliton had a nomadic youth career with spells at Fragata, Flamengo and Náutico before he joined Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv at the age of 20 in February 2018.[1]
Eliton made his debut for the senior team on 25 February 2018 in a 1–1 draw away to Slavia Sofia, replacing Dimo Bakalov.[2]
On 14 January 2022, Eliton signed a four-year contract with Varberg in Sweden.[3]
After a short loan stint with Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Veikkausliiga, Eliton Junior terminated his contract with Varbergs BoIS on mutual decision in January 2024, and signed with Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]As of 20 October 2024[update]
| Club | Season | Division | League | State League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2017–18 | Bulgarian First League | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Bulgarian First League | 18 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Bulgarian First League | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Red Bull Brasil | 2020 | — | 2[d] | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | — | 16[d] | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | – | – | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| Varbergs BoIS | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 5 | ||
| KuPS (loan) | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 26 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 1 | 31 | 4 | |
| Career total | 105 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 14 | ||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Cup, Svenska Cupen, Georgian Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup
- ^ a b Includes Campeonato Paulista Série A3
- ^ Includes UEFA Conference League
- ^ Includes Georgian Super Cup
Honours
[edit]- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2023
- Torpedo Kutaisi
References
[edit]- ^ "Локомотив подписа с бразилеца Елитон Жуниор" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Slavia Sofia vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv". soccerway.com. 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Välkommen till Varbergs BoIS Eliton Júnior!" (Press release) (in Swedish). Varberg. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Officiellt: Eliton Júnior klar för Torpedo Kutaisi, fotbolltransfers.com, 19 January 2024
External links
[edit]- Éliton Júnior at Soccerway
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- 1998 births
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- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
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