- Wílton Figueiredo
Football player infobox
playername= Wílton Figueiredo
fullname = Wílton Aguiar Figueiredo
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1982|3|17|mf=y
cityofbirth =São Paulo
countryofbirth =Brazil
height = height|meter=1.83
currentclub = Al-Rayyan SC
clubnumber = 11
position =Striker
youthyears = 1994–19961999–2002
youthclubs = SE PalmeirasSão Paulo FC
years = 2003200420052006–20072007–
clubs =São Paulo FC CearáGAIS AIKAl-Rayyan SC
caps(goals) = 000 00(0)000 00(0)030 0(15)035 0(13)
000 00(0)
pcupdate =Wílton Figueiredo (IPA2|'viutõⁿ figei'redʊ; born
March 17 1982 inSão Paulo ,Brazil ) is aBrazil ian striker forQatar club side Al-Rayyan. After a season with Swedish side,GAIS , he was brought to the Swedish capital and the club AIK after both GAIS and AIK were promoted to the Swedish top flight, theAllsvenskan in 2005.A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Figueiredo has played with such talents as AC Milan's
Kaká and Inter Milan's Adriano at youth level. Figueiredo himself has never played at the top flight in Brazil. After a season with second division sideCeará FC he went to Sweden for a try-out session withAIK . After 40 days he was rejected and went to try out with GAIS. AIK had just been relegated from the top level and were not willing to take any economic risk, and thus did not offer the free agent a contract. Instead upon hearing of this news, GAIS acted quickly and signed Figueiredo for three years.After having scored only two goals during the second half of the
Superettan campaign he still garnered the interest of AIK who moved for a swoop during the pre-season of 2006.GAIS willingly agreed. Figueiredo enjoyed massive success in 2006, starting all but two games for his new club.A capable striker with a drilling shot and a strong ability to keep the ball at his feet while at the same time being able to find the through passes, Figeiredo was considered one of the best strikers in the Swedish league and attracted the interest from international clubs. In September 2007 he signed a 5 year long deal with
Qatar side Al-Rayyan.
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