Career
He spent most of his career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 110 games and one goal with four teams. Born in the island of Brava, Nilton played youth football with Portuguese club Boavista Football Club, who loaned him to Gondomar South Carolina (U.S.) and AD Esposende to kickstart his senior career. Upon his return, he appeared in 12 Primeira Liga games in the 1999–2000 season, helping to a fourth-place finish.
Salgueiros and F.C. Penafiel.
He left the country in the 2006 summer, scoring a career-best six goals for Football Club Koper and winning the Slovenian Football Cup. From 2007 until his retirement five years later, aged 33, Nilton played for Ethnikos Achna Football Club (Cyprus), NK Maribor (Slovenia), PFC Chernomorets Burgas (Bulgaria), Akritas Chlorakas (Cypriot Second Division) and Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam Football Club (Israeli second level).
Koper Maribor.