Eron
Brazilian footballer, full name Eronildo dos Santos Rocha, who won the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D top-scorer title with Caxias before transferring to Vegalta Sendai in Japan's J2 League.
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- Established
- 1998
- Location
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (birthplace)
- Country
- Brazil
- Born
- 16 July 1998, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Full name
- Eronildo dos Santos Rocha
- Position
- Forward
- Youth development
- EC Vitória
- Notable achievement
- Top scorer of the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D with Caxias
- International move
- Transferred to Vegalta Sendai (J2 League, Japan) after his Série D title
Overview
Eron, full name Eronildo dos Santos Rocha, is a Brazilian footballer born 16 July 1998 in Salvador, Bahia. A forward developed in the youth system of EC Vitória, he became known for his goal-scoring form during the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D season with Caxias (Bahia Notícias).
2023 Série D season
During the 2023 Série D season, Eron scored repeatedly for Caxias, including the goal that clinched the club’s promotion in a match against Portuguesa-RJ, and finished the competition as its top scorer with 14 goals (Bahia Notícias; Bahia Notícias).
Move to Japan
Following his scoring title, Eron transferred from Caxias to Vegalta Sendai of Japan’s J2 League in December 2023 (Bahia Notícias).
What this profile does not claim
This profile relies on independent Brazilian regional sports journalism covering his 2023 Série D season and his transfer to Japan; it does not independently confirm his career at earlier clubs (Remo, Sampaio Corrêa, ABC) or his career in Japan beyond the transfer itself.
Timeline
- 1998-07-16
- Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- 2023 (Série D season)
- Scores repeatedly for Caxias in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, including the goal that clinched the club's promotion in a match against Portuguesa-RJ, and finishes the competition as its top scorer.
- 2023-12
- Transfers from Caxias to Vegalta Sendai of Japan's J2 League following his Série D scoring title.
What we could not verify
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- This profile covers his career up to his December 2023 transfer to Vegalta Sendai; it does not independently confirm his subsequent career in Japan beyond that transfer.
- Earlier club career details before Caxias (at Remo, Sampaio Corrêa and ABC) are not independently confirmed by a source read in full for this profile and are therefore not included above.
Sources
3 sources (3 tier 2), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
Three articles from Bahia Notícias, an independent Brazilian regional news outlet, were fetched and read in full. These are match-report and transfer-news journalism rather than statistics-database entries, and are treated as tier2 independent sources.
- Autor do gol do acesso do Caxias, Eron se isola como maior artilheiro de uma edicao da Serie D Supports: His record-breaking 14-goal Série D scoring title and the specific promotion-clinching goal against Portuguesa-RJ.
- Revelado pelo Vitoria, Eron e negociado para o futebol japones apos artilharia da Serie D Supports: His youth development at EC Vitória, and his transfer to Vegalta Sendai in Japan's J2 League.
- Eron faz mais dois gols, assume artilharia da Serie D e Caxias encaminha classificacao Supports: His in-season scoring form and Caxias's league standing during the 2023 Série D season.
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