Hevertton Santos

Hevertton Santos
Personal information
Full name Hevertton Ciriaco Santos
Date of birth (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001
Place of birth São Mateus, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
Levski Sofia
Number 2
Youth career
2010–2011 CIF
2011–2020 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sporting CP B 34 (2)
2022–2024 Estrela da Amadora 41 (0)
2024–2026 Queens Park Rangers 6 (0)
2025 → Vitória de Guimarães (loan) 6 (0)
2025–2026 → Gil Vicente (loan) 24 (0)
2026– Levski Sofia 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026

Hevertton Ciriaco Santos (born 1 February 2001), known mononymously as Hevertton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.[1]

Professional career

Early career

Santos was born in Brazil, and moved to Portugal at a young age. He began playing football with CIF in 2010, and the following year moved to Sporting CP where he finished his development. On 7 March 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club.[2] He started training with Sporting CP B in 2020, and on 3 August 2021 extended his professional contract for 3 years.[3] On 4 July 2022, Santos was part of Sporting's senior team preseason training.

Estrela da Amadora

On 25 July 2022, Santos transferred to Estrela da Amadora in the Liga Portugal 2 on a 2-year contract.[4] He helped Estrela da Amadora achieve promotion into the Primeira Liga for the 2023–24 season.[5]

Queens Park Rangers

On 5 July 2024, Santos signed for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer after the expiry of his Estrela contract.[6]

On 29 January 2025, Santos returned to Portugal, joining Vitória de Guimarães on loan for the remainder of the season.[7][8]

On 11 July 2025, Santos joined Primeira Liga side Gil Vicente on a season-long loan deal.[9]

On 18 September 2025, he was named as the 1195th player to feature for Queens Park Rangers.[10]

Career statistics

As of end of 2024–25 season[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 81———81
2021–22 Liga 3 261———261
Club total 342000000342
Estrela da Amadora 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2 12000201[a]0150
2023–24 Primeira Liga 2902010—320
Club total 410203010470
Queens Park Rangers 2024–25[12] Championship 600031—91
Vitória de Guimarães (loan) 2024–25 Primeira Liga 6000002[b]080
Career Total 872206130972
  1. ↑ Appearances in Liga Portugal 2 play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ "Левски подписа с Хевертон" [Levski signed with Hevertton]. levski.bg (in Bulgarian). 30 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Hevertton Santos assina contrato profissional e fica com cláusula de 45 milhões" [Hevertton Santos signs professional contract and has a clause of 45 million]. Jornal de Notícias. 7 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Gomes, Rui (3 March 2021). "Hevertton Santos renova com o Sporting" [Hevertton Santos renews with Sporting]. camaroteleonino.blogs.sapo.pt.
  4. ↑ "Hevertton Santos deixa Sporting e reforça Estrela da Amadora" [Hevertton Santos leaves Sporting and heads to Estrela da Amadora]. Record. 25 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Hevertton dá garantias e deve continuar (E. Amadora)". A Bola.
  6. ↑ "QPR sign Liam Morrison from Bayern Munich and right-back Hevertton Santos". BBC Sport. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Hevertton Santos chegou para a defesa" [Hevertton Santos arrived for the defense]. vitoriasc.pt (in Portuguese). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Santos joins Vitória SC on loan". www.qpr.co.uk. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Santos joins Gil Vicente on loan". www.qpr.co.uk. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "qpr-launch-legacy-numbers/". www.qpr.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  11. ↑ Hevertton Santos at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Hevertton Santos in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2025.