Nailson

Nailson Fernando Medeiros, simply known as Nailson (born 24 February 1994), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad as a central defender.

Nailson
Nailson with Baltika Kaliningrad in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nailson Fernando Medeiros
Date of birth (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994
Place of birth Arapongas, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Number 2
Youth career
Laranja Mecânica
2008–2010 Grêmio
2010–2012 Juventus-SP
2012–2014 Diadema
2012–2014 → Santos (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Diadema 0 (0)
2014 → Santos (loan) 1 (0)
2015 Mogi Mirim 0 (0)
2015–2019 União Leiria 67 (6)
2016 → Famalicão (loan) 7 (0)
2017 → Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) 3 (0)
2019– Baltika Kaliningrad 22 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2020

Personal life

Still an active player, Nailson has a YouTube channel which shows the background of a footballer's life.[1]

Career

Born in Arapongas, Paraná, Nailson joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2012, after playing for Grêmio and Juventus-SP.[2] He was promoted to the main squad in 2014 by manager Oswaldo de Oliveira.

On 2 April 2014 Nailson made his first-team debut, starting in a 0-0 away draw against Mixto at Arena Pantanal, for that year's Copa do Brasil.[3] He was released by the club at the end of the year.

On 2 May 2015 Nailson signed a one-year deal with Mogi Mirim.[4]

On 2 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with an option to extend for one additional year with the Russian Football National League club Baltika Kaliningrad.[5]

Career statistics
As of 3 January 2020[6]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2014 Série A 100020——30
União Leiria 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal 141—00——141
2017–18 252—10——262
2018–19 283—00——283
Subtotal 67600100000686
Famalicão (loan) 2016–17 LigaPro 70—31——101
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 30————30
Baltika Kaliningrad 2019–20 Russian Premier League 201—20——221
Career total 987008100001068

Honours
Santos

References
  1. "Jogador vira youtuber para falar "segredos que não contam" da carreira" [Player becomes a YouTuber to talk about "secrets they do not tell" of a career] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "Fome e saudade de casa: zagueiro do Santos na Copinha conta sua trajetória" [Hunger and homesickness: Santos' stopper in Copinha tells his path] (in Portuguese). Diário Lance!. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. "'Santos B' perde muitos gols e não sai do zero com o Mixto em Cuiabá" ['Santos B' loses many goals and stays blank with Mixto in Cuiabá] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "Nailson chega indicado por Edinho Nascimento" [Nailson arrives indicated by Edinho Nascimento] (in Portuguese). Mogi Mirim's official website. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. "Bem vindo, Nailson!" [Welcome, Nailson!] (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 2 July 2019.
  6. Nailson at Soccerway
  7. "Parabéns Nailson - Zagueiro do CAD é campeão da taça SP 2014" [Congratulations Nailson – CAD's stopper is the champion of Taça SP 2014] (in Portuguese). CA Diadema's official website. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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