| Nilton | |
| Fullname: | Nilton Ferreira Júnior |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Barra do Garças, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1998–2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | Etti Jundiaí |
| Youthyears2: | 2000–2007 |
| Youthclubs2: | Corinthians |
| Youthyears3: | 2005 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Mauaense (loan) |
| Years1: | 2005–2008 |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2006 |
| Clubs2: | → Bragantino (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2009–2012 |
| Clubs3: | Vasco da Gama |
| Caps3: | 148 |
| Goals3: | 16 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps4: | 91 |
| Goals4: | 11 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps5: | 43 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Vissel Kobe |
| Caps6: | 47 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Bahia |
| Caps7: | 28 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2019 |
| Clubs8: | CSA |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Clubs9: | Oeste |
| Caps9: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | Real Tomayapo |
| Caps10: | 3 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
Nílton Ferreira Júnior (born 21 April 1987), simply known as Nílton, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Nílton has also been capped for Brazil at Under-20 level.
Updated to 23 February 2017.[1] [2]
In May 2019, he joined CSA.[3]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | ||||||||
| 2009 | Vasco da Gama | Série B | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 44 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Série A | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 51 | 6 | ||
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| 2012 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 5 | |||||
| Total | Vasco da Gama | 94 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 160 | 15 | ||
| 2013 | Cruzeiro | Série A | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 50 | 8 | |||
| 2014 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | |||
| Total | Cruzeiro | 56 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 11 | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||||
| 2016 | Vissel Kobe | J1 League | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 163 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 268 | 28 | |||