Nilton Varela · career
Nilton Varela Lopes
Center Forward · Beerschot VA · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — Varela is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2023/24Trending upRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25
The record covers 6 seasons (2021/22–2024/25) across 3 clubs — 109 appearances, 4 goals and 5 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at FC Porto B — Season rating 24, 0 goals and 2 assists in 28 games. Form is on a climb — up 9 Season points across his last 3 full seasons.
Season-to-season output barely moves — his form has stayed within a tight band (±5 points) across 4 campaigns. Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Primeira Liga) and kept playing — 28 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Beerschot VA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | Estrela Calheta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | Estrela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | Estrela | 28 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Estrela | 14 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | FC Porto B | 28 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | FC Porto B | 29 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | Belenenses | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021/22 | Belenenses | 17 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | Belenenses | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | Belenenses | 18 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Honours
Taça da Liga×2Taça de Portugal×2Primeira Liga×2Super Cup×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger Pro League | 7 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Jupiler Pro League | 3 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Primeira Ligaat Estrela | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
Schedule · 2025/26
11 played5 unused sub· 291 min, 0g 0a
Played for Beerschot VA and Estrela this season.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11 | Primeira Liga | A Estoril | 1-1 | Played | 58 | 6.2 | ||
| Jan 27 | Challenger Pro League | H Seraing United | 0-0 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Feb 1 | Challenger Pro League | A K. Lierse S.K. | 2-1 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Feb 7 | Challenger Pro League | H Club Brugge II | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 14 | Challenger Pro League | A Kortrijk | 0-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 22 | Challenger Pro League | H RWDM | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 28 | Challenger Pro League | A Francs Borains | 2-0 | Played | 13 | 6.3 | ||
| Mar 6 | Challenger Pro League | H KRC Genk II | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 10 | Challenger Pro League | H RSC Anderlecht II | 4-2 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Mar 14 | Challenger Pro League | A Liège | 1-0 | Played | 70 | 7.2 | ||
| Mar 20 | Challenger Pro League | A Patro Eisden | 4-0 | Played | 8 | 6.6 | ||
| Apr 10 | Challenger Pro League | A AS Eupen | 3-3 | Played | 45 | 6.2 | ||
| Apr 23 | Jupiler Pro League | A Patro Eisden | 1-1 | Played | 10 | 6.3 | ||
| Apr 27 | Jupiler Pro League | H Patro Eisden | 3-2 | Played | 63 | 6.5 | ||
| May 2 | Jupiler Pro League | A Lommel United | 1-3 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 9 | Jupiler Pro League | H Lommel United | 1-3 | Played | 21 | 6.3 |