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Brazilian footballer

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.
Eliton Júnior
Personal information
Full name Eliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior
Date of birth (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth São Mateus, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information

Current team

 Varberg
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– Varberg 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2022

Eliton Pardinho Toreta Júnior (born 26 January 1998), commonly known as Eliton Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Varberg.

Born in São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Eliton 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]

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On 14 January 2022, Eliton signed a four-year contract with Varberg in Sweden.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 5 June 2019

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References[edit]

  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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