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Nilton

Nilton

Defender - Left-Back  at CF Estrela Amadora
Age24
CitizenshipPortugal Cape Verde
Height1.82 m
Footleft
BornMay 25, 2001
at CF Estrela Amadora 845 days · joined 2024-01-30
👕100+ Apps
Market value €1.50m
Left-Back Defender

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
19/20
debut season
0.04
goals / match
B SAD
top club · 44 apps

Career highs

€1.50m
peak value · 2025
top transfer fee
3
best season · 22/23
3 / 0
int'l caps / goals
143Appearances
6Goals
10Assists
28Yellow cards
0Red cards
32Full matches (90′)
Full nameNilton
Name in home countryNilton Varela Lopes
Date of birth2001-05-25 (24 yrs)
Place of birthLisboa, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal Cape Verde
PositionDefender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height182.00 m
Current clubCF Estrela Amadora
Joined2024-01-30
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentElement Twelve
Jul 2025
25/26 — CF Estrela Amadora
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Mar 2025
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — CF Estrela Amadora
30 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2024
Transfer: FC Porto B → Estrela Amadora
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — CF Estrela Amadora, FC Porto B
24 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2022
Transfer: B SAD → FC Porto B
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Porto B, B SAD
29 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Nov 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — B SAD, B SAD U23 (-2022)
25 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Aug 2020
Injury: unknown
29 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — B SAD, B SAD U23 (-2022)
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Nov 2019
Transfer: B SAD U23 → B SAD
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — B SAD, B SAD U23 (-2022)
29 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Belenenses U19 → B SAD U23
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
Transfer: Belenenses U17 → Belenenses U19
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2017
Transfer: Sporting U17 → Belenenses U17
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
Transfer: Belenenses S15 → Sporting U17
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2014
Transfer: Belenenses Yth → Belenenses S15
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
Transfer: Sporting Yth. → Belenenses Yth
13/14 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
2,906 min
Minutes played by club
CF Estrela Amadora 0.0%
FC Porto B 15.1%
B SAD 76.0%
B SAD U23 (-2022) 8.8%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
CF Estrela Amadora 3 23/24 25/26 43 0 2 0
FC Porto B 2 22/23 23/24 39 3 4 439
B SAD 4 19/20 22/23 44 2 3 2,210
B SAD U23 (-2022) 3 19/20 21/22 17 1 1 257

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€375K2€750K3€1.1M4€1.5M19/20 — 1 goals (B SAD)19/20 — 3 assists419/2020/2121/22 — 2 goals (B SAD)21/22 — 1 assists321/2222/23 — 3 goals (FC Porto B)22/23 — 1 assists422/2323/24 — 3 assists323/2424/25 — 2 assists224/2525/2620/21 — €800K21/22 — €800K22/23 — €700K23/24 — €700K24/25 — €800K25/26 — €1.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

19/20: 1119/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 3322/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

19/20: 3319/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Liga Portugal CF Estrela Amadora 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Liga Portugal CF Estrela Amadora 28 0 2 4 0 0
24/25 Taça de Portugal CF Estrela Amadora 2 0 0 1 0 0
23/24 Liga Portugal CF Estrela Amadora 12 0 0 2 0 0
23/24 Liga Portugal 2 FC Porto B 12 0 3 1 0 0
22/23 Liga Portugal 2 FC Porto B 27 3 1 6 0 439
22/23 Liga Portugal 2 B SAD 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Allianz Cup B SAD 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Liga Portugal B SAD 17 1 1 4 0 783
21/22 Liga Revelação B SAD U23 (-2022) 4 1 0 0 0 257
21/22 Revelação U23 - Qualif. round B SAD U23 (-2022) 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Taça de Portugal B SAD 2 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Liga NOS B SAD 4 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 U-23 Cup Portugal B SAD U23 (-2022) 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Liga NOS B SAD 18 1 2 5 0 1,427
19/20 Liga Revelação B SAD U23 (-2022) 11 0 1 3 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2013-07-01 Sporting Yth. Belenenses Yth Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Belenenses Yth Belenenses S15 Transfer 0
16/17 2016-07-01 Belenenses S15 Sporting U17 Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-01 Sporting U17 Belenenses U17 Transfer 0
18/19 2018-07-01 Belenenses U17 Belenenses U19 Transfer 0
19/20 2019-07-01 Belenenses U19 B SAD U23 Transfer 0
20/21 2019-11-05 B SAD U23 B SAD Transfer 0
22/23 2022-08-19 B SAD FC Porto B Transfer 700000
23/24 2024-01-30 FC Porto B Estrela Amadora Transfer 600000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
20/21 Torn knee ligaments 2020-08-22 2021-04-06 228 29
21/22 Corona virus 2021-11-25 2021-12-06 12 1
21/22 Muscle injury 2022-01-25 2022-03-22 57 8
24/25 unknown injury 2025-03-01 2025-03-27 27 3
Current€1.50m
Peak€1.50m
Low€600k
Δ since start+€700k
€600k€825k€1.05m€1.28m€1.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #72764 #4 2 0 retired national player
Team #23137 0 0 former national player
Team #16372 #5 1 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Tomás Castro 1 0 981
Calila 0 0 927
Afonso Sousa 1 0 786
Francisco Meixedo 2 0 0
João Marcelo 1 1 0
André Luiz 1 0 0
Mateo Cassierra 1 0 0
Yaya Sithole 1 0 0
João Mendes 1 0 0
Léo Cordeiro 1 0 0
Rodrigo Pinheiro 1 0 0
Vasco Sousa 1 1 0
Danny Henriques 1 0 0
Bruno Brígido 1 0 0
Cafú Phete 1 0 0
Zé Pedro 1 0 0
Wendel 1 1 0
Leonel Bucca 1 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Liga Portugal 2 FC Porto B 3 29
19/20 Liga NOS B SAD 1 18
21/22 Liga Revelação B SAD U23 (-2022) 1 4

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
23/24 Liga Portugal 2 FC Porto B 3 12
19/20 Liga NOS B SAD 2 18
24/25 Liga Portugal CF Estrela Amadora 2 28

Teams faced most often by Nilton's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Estrela Amadora 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 0%
Académico de Viseu 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 50%
CD Mafra 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 50%
Sporting Covilhã 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 75%
CD Nacional 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5 0%
UD Vilafranquense 4 1 0 3 3 5 -2 25%
SC Farense 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 25%
CD Trofense 4 2 2 0 11 6 +5 50%
Leixões SC 4 2 2 0 5 0 +5 50%
FC Penafiel 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 75%
SL Benfica B 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 50%
CD Feirense 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 25%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
19/20 Senior debut season
19/20 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 30 0 5 0 0 0
23/24 24 0 3 0 0 0
22/23 29 439 6 0 0 1.23
21/22 25 1,040 6 0 0 0.52
19/20 29 1,427 8 0 0 0.5

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Liga Portugal 2
41 apps
3 G
4 A
Liga Portugal
80 apps
2 G
5 A
Liga Revelação
15 apps
1 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Nilton

Who is Nilton?

Nilton is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a left-back for CF Estrela Amadora.

How old is Nilton?

Nilton is 24 years old. He was born on May 25, 2001 in Lisboa.

What position does Nilton play?

Nilton plays as a left-back (Defender - Left-Back).

What club does Nilton play for?

Nilton currently plays for CF Estrela Amadora.

How many career goals has Nilton scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Nilton has scored 6 goals in 143 appearances.

What is Nilton's market value?

Nilton's most recent reported market value is €1.50m.