Everton Bala

Everton Bala
Personal information
Full name Francisco Everton Mota de Castro
Date of birth (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Apuiarés, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Levski Sofia
Number 17
Youth career
2017 Aliança
2018 Porto-PE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Porto-PE 26 (8)
2018 → Flamengo-PE (loan) 7 (1)
2020 → Cianorte (loan) 7 (1)
2021 → Vera Cruz (loan) 9 (2)
2021–2022 → São José (loan) 29 (2)
2022–2025 Mirassol 17 (1)
2023 → Brusque (loan) 40 (6)
2024 → Levski Sofia (loan) 31 (2)
2025– Levski Sofia 61 (23)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 October 2026

Francisco Everton Mota de Castro (born 3 January 1999), commonly known as Everton Bala, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.

Career

Everton began his career in Brazil's lower leagues with Porto-PE. On 3 May 2022, he signed with Mirassol in the Série C. On 1 February 2023, he was loaned to Brusque. After scoring 7 goals in 44 games for the club from Santa Catarina, Everton returned to Mirassol for the 2024 Série B season.[citation needed]

Levski Sofia

On 1 March 2024, Everton moved abroad for the first time, joining Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First League, initially on loan from Mirassol until the end of the year with a buy option. He struggled to make an impact at the beginning of his tenure in the club, but nevertheless, his buy option was triggered and on 13 January 2025, he signed a permanent deal with Levski running until 2027.

Everton scored 10 goals in the first half of 2025–26 season, among which a goal against AZ in the UEFA Conference League, thus leading Levski's goalscoring chart for the season. On 9 April 2026, he scored his 24th goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Arda, thus becoming the highest-scoring Brazilian player in Levski's history. He finished the season as the joint top goalscorer in the league, having netted 18 goals, while Levski were crowned champions for the first time since 2009.

Honours

Levski Sofia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Everton Bala at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Everton Bala diz que Porto-PE está confiante, mas precisa aproveitar as oportunidades: "Falta o gol"
  3. ↑ Mirassol anuncia a contratação do atacante Éverton Bala
  4. ↑ Atacante Everton Bala é novo reforço do Brusque FC
  5. ↑ ПФК Левски подписа с Евертон Бала
  6. ↑ Официално: Левски откупи Евертон Бала
  7. ↑ Евертон Бала стана най-резултатният бразилец в историята на Левски
  8. ↑ "Двама поделиха голмайсторския приз в Първа лига!". telegraph.bg (in Bulgarian). 25 May 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Levski Sofia crowned Bulgarian champions to end Ludogorets's long reign". reuters.com. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Първа професионална лига 2025/26". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian).