José Nilson dos Santos Silva (born 6 April 1991), simply known as Nilson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Born in São Paulo, Nilson joined Vasco da Gama's youth setup in 2010, after starting it out at Portuguesa. He made his first team – and Série A – debut for the former on 6 June 2010, starting in a 0–4 away loss against Santos. After being rarely used by Vasco, Nilson was loaned to Série B sides Criciúma, Paraná and Bragantino, but appeared sparingly for all clubs, and was released in December 2013. On 28 February 2014, Nilson joined Boa Esporte permanently, but after again being a backup, moved to Icasa on 19 September. With the latter he scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against Náutico on 1 November. On 16 January 2015, Nilson signed for São Bento. After featuring regularly for the club, he joined Cianorte on 16 April. On 19 May 2015 he was loaned to Santos until the end of the year. Nilson's spell at Peixe was mainly associated to his ugly late miss in the 2015 Copa do Brasil Final against Palmeiras, where he sent the ball wide as the goal was empty. He was subsequently released by the club, and moved to Ventforet Kofu on 8 January 2016. On 18 January 2017, Nilson signed for Novorizontino. In November 2020, Nilson joined Hong Kong Premier League club Pegasus. Career statistics Honors Icasa Copa Fares Lopes: 2014 Nilson finished the first leg of the 2022/23 Thai League 2 season as leading goal scorer with 10 goals. References External links 1991 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players J1 League players Hong Kong Premier League players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong CR Vasco da Gama players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Boa Esporte Clube players Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players Esporte Clube São Bento players Cianorte Futebol Clube players Santos FC players Ventforet Kofu players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Grêmio Novorizontino players Bangu Atlético Clube players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) players Associação Atlética Internacional