Etto

Etto
Personal information
Full name	Oélilton Araújo dos Santos
Date of birth	8 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Valente, Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right Full-back / Right Winger
Team information
Current team	Jadran Štefanec
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002	Bahia
2003	Criciúma
2004	Paraná
2005	Atlético Paranaense
2005–2011	Dinamo Zagreb
2011–2013	PAOK
2013–2014	Baku
2023–	Jadran Štefanec
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oélilton Araújo dos Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐɾɐˈuʒu]; born 8 March 1981), commonly known by his nickname Etto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. As of 1 September 2007, Etto also holds Croatian citizenship^[2] beside Brazilian, and had expressed his desire to play for Croatia at the international level.^[3]

Career

Career in Brazil

His professional career in Brazil started in 2002 and consisted of one-season stints with Bahia, Criciúma, Paraná and Atlético Paranaense, whence he moved to Dinamo Zagreb for the 2005–06 Prva HNL season.

Dinamo Zagreb

Etto arrived to his new club in August 2005.^[4] In his debut season with the Croatian club Etto featured in 24 league matches and scored 5 goals in what would end up being the title winning campaign for Dinamo Zagreb. The following season Etto made inconsisted appearances and featured in only 13 league matches for the club. He also made his debut in European competitions, making a total of four appearances throughout the season. He won his first double with the club as Dinamo Zagreb were both league champions and cup winners for the 2006–07 season. Etto also played in the 2006 Croatian Supercup which Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 against Rijeka.^[1]^[5]

The 2007–08 was most successful for Etto since his arrival as he made a total of 40 appearances for the club and scored one goal. He also repeated the success with the club from the last season, again winning the double. The 2008–09 Prva HNL season saw Etto feature in only 16 out of 33 league matches for the club, making a total of 28 appearances in all competitions. The club won its third consecutive double since Etto's arrival.^[1]

He featured in 21 out of the 30 matches of the 2009–10 Prva HNL and made 10 appearances in UEFA competitions, also making four appearances in the 2009–10 Croatian Cup which made a total of 35 appearances.^[1]

PAOK

On 28 January 2011, Etto signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Greek Super League side PAOK.^{[citation needed]}

Baku

On 5 August 2013, Etto signed a one-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Baku.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2014^[1]^[7]

Note: the Croatian Cup appearances for Dinamo Zagreb can be viewed at the official website of the club nk-dinamo.hr under The Match section.

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		South America		Total
2002	Bahia	Brasileirão	3	0					3	0
2003	Criciúma		19	0					19	0
2004	Paraná		17	1					17	1
2005	Atlético Paranaense		6	0					6	0
2005–06	Dinamo Zagreb^[8]	Prva HNL	24	5	0	0	0	0	24	5
2006–07			13	1	3¹	0	4	0	20¹	2
2007–08			23	1	7	0	10	0	40	1
2008–09			16	1	4	0	8	0	28	1
2009–10			21	0	4	0	10	0	35	0
2010–11			10	0	5²	0	9	1	24²	1
2010–11	PAOK	Superleague	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2011–12			21	0	3	0	9	0	33	0
2012–13			17	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
2013–14	Baku	Azerbaijan Premier League	27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
Career total			217	9	30	0	54	1	300	11

¹ Including the 2006 Croatian Supercup match against Rijeka.^[5]
² Including the 2010 Croatian Supercup match against Hajduk Split.^[9]

Honours

As of 1 August 2010^[1]

Dinamo Zagreb

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Oleilton Araujo dos Santos Etto". Nogometni magazin. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ "Etto postao Hrvat" (in Croatian). javno.com. 1 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
^ Tanja Simić (7 August 2006). "Etto: 'Želim igrati za Hrvatsku'" [Etto: "I want to play for Croatia"] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
^ "NK Dinamo Zagreb – Etto". Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Dinamo – Rijeka: Uhvatite nas ako možete" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ "Etto in "Baku"". FK Baku. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ "Etto (Oelilton Araujo dos Santos) – Dinamo Zagreb and Brazil". Footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ "Etto's Croatian League stats". Nogometni magazin. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
^ "Bišćan presudio Hajduku" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.