 Santos with HFX Wanderers in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eriks de Souza Santos Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Pedreiras, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Internacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Internacional | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Mariupol | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Dila Gori | 37 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | HFX Wanderers | 42 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Brazil U20[1] | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2019 | |||
Eriks de Souza Santos Pereira (born 23 February 1996) is a Brazilian professional footballer.
Eriks Santos is a product of Sport Club Internacional youth sportive system. During 2015–2017 he played for this club in the youth level, but never made a debut for the main squad team.
In August 2017, Santos signed a two-year deal with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Mariupol.[2] On 25 October 2017, he made his professional debut as a starter in the Ukrainian Cup against Tavriya Simferopol.[3] On 5 November 2017, he made his league debut as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk.[4]
In July 2018, Santos signed with Georgian Erovnuli Liga side Dila Gori, and made fourteen league appearances that season and one appearance in the Georgian Cup.[5] The following season, he made 23 league appearances and one in the Georgian Cup.[5]
On 25 February 2020, Santos signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[6] However, due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, he was unable to join the club for the 2020 season, finally joining the club in May 2021 for pre-season training for the 2021 season.[7] In January 2022, Santos had his club option exercised by HFX, keeping him at the club through 2022.[8] After the conclusion of the 2022 CPL season, Santos' contract option was declined by the Wanderers, ending his time at the club.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mariupol | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dila Gori | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| HFX Wanderers | 2020 | Canadian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
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