Hilton Mineiro

Hilton Mineiro
Personal information
Full name	Hilton Martins Júnior
Date of birth	31 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Salto da Divisa, Brazil
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
–2000	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	São Paulo
2000	→ Santa Cruz (loan)
2001	→ Inter de Limeira (loan)
2001–2002	→ Paraná (loan)
2003	Ceará
2004	Paraná
2005	Matonense
2006	Shanghai Shenhua
2007	União Barbarense
2008	América-RN
2008	Inter de Bebedouro
2009	Itapirense
2009	Iporá
2009	Mixto
2010	CRB
2011	Taubaté
2011	Tanabi
2012	Nacional de Patos
2012	Tanabi
2012	Mixto
2013	Democrata-SL
2014	América-TO
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2023

Hilton Martins Júnior (born 31 March 1980), better known as Hilton or Hilton Mineiro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and defensive midfielder.

Career[edit]

Revealed in the youth sectors of São Paulo FC, Hilton was part of the winning squad of the 2000 Copa SP de Futebol Jr.^[1] As a professional, Hilton was loaned to Santa Cruz for the Copa João Havelange. He participated in the champion squad of the 2001 Rio-São Paulo Tournament without acting, and later playing just a single match as a professional for São Paulo against EC Vitória in the Copa do Brasil.^[2]

He was later loaned to Inter de Limeira and Paraná Clube. In 2001 in Paraná, it became "Hilton Mineiro", as there was another player named Hilton in the squad (Vitorino Hilton). He played for several other teams in Brazil,^[3]^[4] but without repeating the success of his early career, ending his activities as a player in 2014.

Honours[edit]

São Paulo

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr.: 2000
Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2001

References[edit]

^ "O São Paulo na Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Com os pés no chão, CRB anuncia novos contratados". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). 18 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "A3: Após susto, zagueiro não é desfalque no Taubaté. Meia, sim". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

External links[edit]

Hilton Mineiro at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)

[1] "O São Paulo na Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[2] "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[3] "Com os pés no chão, CRB anuncia novos contratados". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). 18 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[4] "A3: Após susto, zagueiro não é desfalque no Taubaté. Meia, sim". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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