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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pardinho and the second or paternal family name is Toreta. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Éliton Júnior
Personal information
Full name Éliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior
Date of birth (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth São Mateus, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Varbergs BoIS
Number 11
Youth career
Fragata
Flamengo
Náutico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 (1)
2020–2021 Red Bull Brasil 18 (2)
2022– Varbergs BoIS 36 (4)
2023– → KuPS 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023

Éliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior (born 26 January 1998), commonly known as Éliton Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS, on loan from Varbergs BoIS.

Career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 June 2019

Club League Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lokomotiv Plovdiv First League 2017–18 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
2018–19 18 1 3 0 — — 21 1
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career statistics 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 1

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

  1. ^ "Локомотив подписа с бразилеца Елитон Жуниор" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Slavia Sofia vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv". soccerway.com. 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Välkommen till Varbergs BoIS Eliton Júnior!" (Press release) (in Swedish). Varberg. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.


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