Ailton Ferreira Silva


Ailton Ferreira Silva commonly known as Ailton is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for VfB Stuttgart.

Career

Having started his career with Brazilian side Fluminense, Ailton moved to Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftchi Baku on a season-long loan deal in June 2015,. The following season, Ailton moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Estoril on a season-long loan deal.
In July 2017, Ailton joined VfB Stuttgart and agreed to a four-year-contract. The transfer fee paid to Estoril was reported as close to €1 million.
On 25 January 2018 Ailton was loaned out to Estoril until the end of the season.
For the 2018–19 season he was loaned out to Braga.
On 4 July 2019, Ailton was loaned out at Qarabağ until the end of the season.

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