Shilton Alessanco dos Santos is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Araldite/Univille team from Joinville

Joinville

Joinville is a city in Santa Catarina State, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Joinville is Santa Catarina's largest city. In 2010, its population has reached approximately 520,000, many of whom are of German descent....

, Brazil. He is a small but very strong center, very skilled at getting rebounds, both offensive and defensive. Shilton is also known for his powerful post moves, most of the time successfully drawing a foul. Although not a good free throw shooter ( a little below 50% for the 09-10 season), Shilton scores some crucial points at the foul line on the very competitive games in the Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil is the Brazilian premier profissional men's basketball league. Organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete , in a new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, this league is managed for the first time by 19 Brazilian basketball associations, all LNB founding...

 league (NBB).

Previous teams

As of early 2010, Shilton has played for the following teams:

• Círculo Militar - SP
• Monte Líbano - SP
• Pinheiros - SP
• Londrina - PR
• Campos - RJ
• Araldite/Univille Joinville - SC (current team)

Araldite/Univille - Joinville

Shilton has been playing in Joinville since 2005, and is now the team captain. He is very loved by the team's supporters, as he has been on the team longer than any other player on the current squad. In the 2009-2010 season of NBB, Shilton, the starting center for Joinville has scored 209 points in 23 games. He had a great importance on the team's playoffs run in the 08'-09' season, finishing 4th overall with a 0.750 record for the season.

Regular Season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Joinville
| 30 || 30 || 35.4 || .584 || .000 || .583 || 11.9 || 2.7 || N/A || 0.7 || 12.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Joinville
| 25 || 25 || 28.4 || .486 || .000 || .441 || 7.6 || 1.76 || 0.84 || 0.36 || 8.76

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Joinville
| 7 || 7 || 36.7 || .461 || .000 || .571 || 12.4 || 4.1 || N/A || 0.7 || 11.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Joinville
| 6 || 6 || 0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8.3