For other Brazilian footballers named Ailton, see
Ailton. Aílton Gonçalves da Silva (born
19 July 1973 in Mogeiro,
Paraíba,
Brazil), usually known simply as Aílton, is a
football player, currently playing for
MSV Duisburg in Germany. A journeyman, Ailton has previously played for
Beşiktaş in
Istanbul,
UANL Tigres in
Mexico, and for the
German clubs
Werder Bremen,
FC Schalke 04,
Hamburger SV, as well as serving small stints with
Red Star Belgrade and
Grasshoppers Zürich. After
Giovane Elber (133) and
Stéphane Chapuisat (106), he is only the third foreign player to have scored more than 100 goals in the German
Bundesliga.
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